Over a period of four weeks, US President George Washington, Major William Jackson, who was Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War, a private secretary and six servants made their way by stagecoach through New England. Washington and his entourage went as far north as Kittery, Maine, which was part of Massachusetts at the time. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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| 1789/10/01 | Oliver Ellsworth host President Washington and his retinue. Washington is said to have taken nine month old daughter of the Ellsworth's, Frances, onto his lap and sang a version of "The Darby Ram" to her. | Oliver Ellsworth Homestead, Windsor, CT |
| 1789/10/15 | GW: "arrived at the house of one Hoyatt (sic), who keeps a tavern at Kings-bridge, where we, that is, Major Jackson, Mr Lear, and myself, with six servants, which composed my retinue, dined." Razed, site at c 225th St and Broadway | Inwood, |
| 1789/10/15 | President Washington stops at Widow Haviland's, writing in his diary: After dinner, through frequent light showers we proceeded to the Tavern of a Mrs Haviland at Rye, who keeps a very neat and decent Inn.... | Widow Haviland's Tavern, Rye |
| 1789/10/16 | after passing Horse Neck... the Road through which is hilly and immensely stoney, and trying to Wheels and carriages, we breakfasted at Stamford.... at one Webb's (razed) a tolerable good house, but not equal in appearance and reality to Mrs Haviland's | |
| 1789/10/20 | In Hartford on October 19, 20, 21 and November 9, 10, Colonel Wadsworth host Washington at his home (lost) on October 20. | Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford |
| 1789/10/30 | President Washington spends the night at Tracy Mansion as a guest of Jonathan Jackson. He left Newburyport the next morning after a breakfast hosted by Tristam Dalton at his house across the street. | Tracy Mansion, Newburyport Public Library, Newburyport |
| 1789/10/31 | George Washington enjoys tea with John Langdon in the parlor and listens to music by Langdon's daughter, Elizabeth, who played her spinet piano after a dinner in town. Washington stayed at Brewster's Tavern on 93 Pleasant Street (destroyed by fire 1813). | Gov John Langdon Mansion, Portsmouth, NH |
| 1789/11/01 | Wishing not to show favor with one religion, Washington attends two church services, one at the North Church and another at Queen's Chapel (his chair may have survived). | St John's Church, Portsmouth, NH |
| 1789/11/02 | Washington fishes for cod in Portsmouth Harbor, he only caught two fish and blamed it on the tide. | Portsmouth, NH, New Hampshire |
| 1789/11/03 | Washington visits the home of his secretary, Tobias Lear, and Pitt Tavern, known then as Staver's Tavern. | Tobias Lear House, Portsmouth, NH |
| 1789/11/12 | GW notes in his diary: A little after sunrise we left Marvin's, at Fairfield, and breakfast at Stamford, 13 miles distance, reached the Widow Haviland's, 12 miles further: where on acct of some lame hose, we remained all night. | Widow Haviland's Tavern, Rye |
| 1789/11/13 | GW: Left Mrs Haviland's as soon as we could see the road, and breakfasted at Hoyet's tavern, this side King's bridge - between 2 and 3 o'clock arrived at my house at New York, where I found Mrs W and the rest of the family all well.... |
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| Transportation: | Stagecoach |
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