This interactive time line is based on the diary George Washington kept during his trip. The icons represent places Washington visited, the red lines are travels and the blue lines are stops.
Click and drag on either time band or use a scroll wheel to adjust the time line. Click the lines, icons or text for a pop-up information bubble.
Thanks to the Simile Timeline project version
Most of the text in the timeline is from the October 15th through November 13th, 1789 entries in The Diary of Washington at the Internet Archive with occasional notes from myself.
Another transcription (still under copyright) is at The George Washington Papers collection at the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
President Washington didn't name all the stops he wrote about, for some of these places I found the name in other sources. Text in the timeline that came from another source is followed by [ref#] indicating the source in the list below.
1. Washington's Travels In New England, A Chronological Itinerary by Charles Eugene Claghorn III (site has been taken down, link is to the WayBack Machine Archive)
Grand Street News (site has been hacked and taken over, link is to the WayBack Machine Archive)
Fairfield Museum and History Center Historic Properties
(page has been taken down, link is to the WayBack Machine
Archive)
Highlights of Fairfield's History
The Excavations at
Sun Tavern
Fairfield Tavern Restored
Fairfield Museum and History Center Historic Properties (page has been taken down, link is to the WayBack Machine Archive)
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