Note 142 — Chapter XLII
Reading edition
At the head of the coffin was placed an ornament, inscribed Surge ad judicum. At about the middle were the words Gloria Deo; and upon a silver plate was the record—
GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 14TH DECEMBER, 1799, ÆT. 68. The coffin was lined with lead: and upon a cover of the same material, to be put on after the coffin was laid in the vault, was a silver shield, nearly three inches in length, inscribed— GEORGE WASHINGTON, BORN FEB. 22, 1732. DIED DECEMBER 14, 1799.