A Documentary History of the Presidential Tours of James Monroe 

Northern Tour – 1817      Chesapeake Bay Tour – 1818      Southern Tour – 1819

Aftermath (1819 – 1825)

(Transcriptions of the following letters are also available through our online catalogue)

 

Tour of the Northern States, 31 May – 17 September 1817

• Itinerary
• Preliminary to Departure, 10 April – 17 September 1817
• Baltimore, MD
• Newcastle, DE
• Philadelphia, PA
• Trenton, NJ
• Princeton, NJ
• New Brunswick, NJ
• Elizabethtown, NJ
• New York City
• West Point, NY
• New York City
• Correspondence, 3-18 June 1817
• Commentary, 4-20 June 1817
• New Haven, CT
• Middletown, CT
• Wethersfield, CT
• Hartford, CT
• Springfield, MA
• East Hartford, CT
• New London and Groton, CT
• Stonington, CT
• Newport, RI
• Mount Hope Bay and Bristol, RI
• Providence, RI
• Correspondence, 21 June – 3 July 1817
• Commentary, 20 June – 3 July
• Boston, MA
• Gloucester, MA
• Lynn, MA
• Marblehead, MA
• Salem, MA
• Ipswich, MA
• Newburyport, MA
• Portsmouth, NH
• York and Wells, ME
• Kennebunk, ME
• Biddeford, ME
• Saco, ME
• Scarborough, ME
• Stroudwater, ME
• Portland, ME
• Biddeford, ME
• Berwick, ME
• Dover, NH
• Concord, NH
• Enfield, NH
• Hanover, NH
• Strafford and Norwich, VT
• Windsor, VT
• Woodstock, VT
• Montpelier, VT
• Burlington, VT
• Vergennes, VT
• Rouses Point, NY
• Plattsburgh, NY
• Altona, NY
• Malone, NY
• Ogdensburg, NY
• Watertown, NY
• Sackett’s Harbor, NY
• Fort Niagara, NY
• Buffalo, NY
• Commentary, 4 July – 13 August 1817
• Correspondence, 4 July – 9 August 1817
• Detroit, MI
• Sandusky Bay, OH
• Delaware, OH
• Worthington, OH
• Columbus, OH
• Circleville, OH
• Chillicothe, OH
• Lancaster, OH
• Zanesville, OH
• Monroe, OH
• Washington, PA
• Canonsburg, PA
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Brownsville, PA
• Uniontown, PA
• Hagerstown, MD
• Frederick, MD
• Georgetown, DC
• Washington, DC
• Commentary, 4 August – 30 October 1817
• Correspondence, 15 August – 2 December 1817
• Alexandria, VA

 

Tour of the Chesapeake Bay, 28 May – June 1818

• Itinerary
• Preliminary to Departure, 6 March – 29 May 1818
• Annapolis, MD
• Yorktown and Williamsburg, VA
• Norfolk, VA
• Dismal Swamp, VA
• Elizabeth City, NC
• Norfolk, VA
• Hampton, VA
• Return to Washington, DC

 

Tour of the Southern States, 30 March – 8 August 1819

• Itinerary
• Preliminary to Departure, 28 November 1818 – 31 April 1819
• Norfolk, VA
• Edenton, NC
• Roanoke Island, NC
• Plymouth, NC
• Washington, NC
• New Bern, NC
• Trenton, NC
• Comfort, NC
• Wilmington, NC
• Cape Fear, NC
• Georgetown, SC
• Charleston, SC
• Beaufort, SC
• Savannah, GA
• Augusta, GA
• Washington, GA
• Lexington, GA
• Athens, GA
• Spring Place Mission, GA
• Brainerd Mission, TN
• Huntsville, AL
• Murfreesborough, TN
• Nashville, TN
• Russellville, KY
• South Union, KY
• Bowling Green, KY
• Corydon, IN
• Louisville, KY
• Jeffersonville, IN
• Jefferson County, KY
• Frankfort, KY
• Scott County, KY
• Lexington, KY
• Nicholasville, KY
• Harrodsburg, KY
• Danville, KY
• Rogersville, TN
• Albemarle County, VA
• Washington, DC
• Commentary, 8 April – 10 August 1819
• Correspondence, 18 April – 22 July 1819

 

Aftermath

10 August 1819 – 1 December 1825