1801–1809
"Only a soldier's blanket! Make haste and return it to him at once." — Ralph Abercromby, Scottish soldier and politician (28 March 1801). Wounded at the Battle of Alexandria, he asked what had been placed under his head and was told it was "Only a soldier's blanket."
"Let me die in the old uniform in which I fought my battles for freedom. May God forgive me for putting on any other." — Benedict Arnold, American military officer and traitor (14 June 1801), referring to his Continental Army uniform
"Emma, will you? There is no time to be lost." — Erasmus Darwin, English physician and natural philosopher (18 April 1802), urging his daughter to bleed him
"Stop, go out of the room; I am about to die." — George Fordyce, Scottish physician (25 May 1802), to his daughter, who had been reading to him
"Doctor, if I could be the man I was when I was 21 years of age, I would be willing to be stripped stark naked on the top of the Alleghany Mountains to run for my life with the hounds of hell at my heels." — Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier and politician (6 July 1802), when his physician advised him to settle his affairs
"Ah! The times were good! It was I who was so unhappy." () — Sophie Arnould, French operatic soprano (18 October 1802), when a priest asked how much she had suffered
"I am grateful to Divine Mercy for having left me sufficient recollection to feel how consoling these prayers are to the dying." — Jean-François de La Harpe, French playwright, writer and literary critic (11 February 1803); his final recorded words, spoken the day before his death
"Not—" — Robert Emmet, Irish Republican and Irish nationalist patriot, orator and rebel leader (20 September 1803), during execution by hanging for treason. The executioner carried out the hanging in the middle of Emmet's attempt to say "Not yet" for the third time.
"Clasp my hand, my dear friend, I die!" () — Vittorio Alfieri, Italian dramatist and poet (8 October 1803), to Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern
"Refresh me with a great thought." — Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, poet and literary critic (18 December 1803)
"My anchor is well cast, and my ship, though weather-beaten, will outride the storm." — Samuel Hopkins, American Congregationalist theologian and abolitionist (20 December 1803)
"That is right; I have now done." — Joseph Priestley, English chemist, natural philosopher and theologian (6 February 1804), while dictating revisions to his works
"I have not yet lost my feeling for humanity." — Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (12 February 1804), thanking his physicians and attendants
"I die for my king and for France." — Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (21 March 1804), prior to execution by firing squad
"Remember, my Eliza, you are a Christian." — Alexander Hamilton, American statesman (12 July 1804), addressing his wife after being mortally shot by his rival Aaron Burr in a duel
"I shall not live more than two days, therefore make haste." — William Woodville, English physician and botanist (26 March 1805), to a carpenter he had summoned to measure him for his coffin; final recorded words
"Many things are growing clearer and clearer to me." — Friedrich Schiller, German writer, philosopher and physician (9 May 1805)
"Taught, half by reason, half by mere decay, / To welcome death, and calmly pass away." — Arthur Murphy, Irish writer (18 June 1805), quoting Alexander Pope
"Thank God, I have done my duty." — Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Royal Navy admiral (21 October 1805), mortally wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar
"I think I could eat one of Bellamy's veal pies." — William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (23 January 1806)
"I'll be shot if I don't believe I'm dying." — Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, British lawyer and politician (12 September 1806)
"I die happy." — Charles James Fox, British statesman (13 September 1806)
"Have pity on the poor Indians; if you can get any influence with the great, endeavor to do them all the good you can." — Joseph Brant, Mohawk military and political leader (24 November 1807), to his adopted nephew John Norton
"I am satisfied with the Lord's will." — John Newton, English Anglican cleric and abolitionist, author of "Amazing Grace" (21 December 1807); final recorded words
"I am all yours." () — Adrienne de La Fayette (24 December 1807), French marchioness who married Marquis de Lafayette