A Documentary History of the Presidential Tours of James Monroe 

 

Northern Tour (1817)      Chesapeake Bay Tour (1818)      Southern Tour (1819)      Aftermath (1819–1825)

 

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