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Elbridge Gerry
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: February 7, 2015
Caption: Elbridge Gerry's Tomb
Additional Description:
The
Tomb
—of—
Elbridge Gerry
Vice President
of the
United States
Who died suddenly in this city
on his way to the Capitol
as President of the Senate
November 23, 1811:
Aged 70
Thus fulfilling
his own memorial injunction:
“It is the duty of every citizen, though he may have but one day to live to devote that day to the good of his country.”
Submitted: March 8, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p302102
File Size: 1.808 Megabytes

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