Washington's Revolutionary War Itinerary
and the Location of His Headquarters, 1775-1783
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Introduction | Full Itinerary | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 |1782 | 1783
Year |
Time |
Place |
Headquarters |
| 1775 | 2-15 July 1775 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Wadsworth House, home of Harvard President Samuel Langdon |
| 15 July-4 April 1776 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | John Vassall's House | |
| 1776 | 4 April | Dedham, Massachusetts | |
| 5-7 April | Providence, Rhode Island | Stephen Hopkins' House | |
| 8 April | Norwich, Connecticut | Leffingwell Inn (still standing), Jedidiah Huntington's House | |
| 9 April | New London, Connecticut | Nathaniel Shaw's Mansion | |
| 10 April | Old Lyme, Connecticut | John McCurdy's House | |
| 11 April | Fairfield, Connecticut | Samuel Penfield's Tavern | |
| 12 April | Westchester County, New York | Guion's Tavern | |
| 13-16 April | New York City | William Smith's | |
| 17 April-22 May | New York, New York | Abraham Mortier's | |
| 22-23 May | On Road south through New Jersey, with a stop at Princeton | ||
| 23 May-4 June | Philadelphia | ||
| 5 June | New Brunswick, New Jersey | Minnie Van Voorhee's Tavern | |
| 6 June-27 August | New York City | Abraham Mortier's | |
| 28-30 August | Brooklyn Heights, Long Island, New York | ||
| 30 August-14 Sept. | New York City | Abraham Mortier's or Mott's Tavern & Robert Murray's | |
| 15 Sept.-20 October | Harlem Heights, New York | Roger Morris's Mansion (Morris-Jumel Mansion) | |
| 20-23 October | Mile Square, Westchester County, New York | Valentine's Hill | |
| 23-28 October | White Plains, New York | Jacob Purdy's House | |
| 28 October-10 November | White Plains, New York | Elijah Miller's House | |
| 11 November | Peekskill, New York | ||
| 13-18 November | Fort Lee, New Jersey | ||
| 18-21 November | Hackensack, New Jersey | Peter Zabriskie's | |
| 21-23 November | Passaic, New Jersey | ||
| 23-28 November | Newark, New Jersey | Eagle Tavern | |
| 29 November-2 December | Brunswick, New Jersey | ||
| 2 December | Princeton, New Jersey | ||
| 3-8 December | Trenton, New Jersey | ||
| 8-13 December | Trenton Falls on the Delaware River, Bucks County, Pennsylvania | Thomas Barclay's Summerseat | |
| 14-24 December | 10 miles above Trenton Falls, Bucks County, Pennsylvania | William Keith's House (destroyed by fire in the 1980s) | |
| 20-24 December | Upper Wakefield Township, Pennsylvania | William Keith's | |
| 24 December | Upper ford of the Delaware, Pennsylvania | Thompson-Neely House | |
| 25-26 December | Victory at Trenton, New Jersey | ||
| 26-29 December | Newtown, Pennsylvania | Hannah Stewart (Mrs. John) Harris' House | |
| 30 December | Trenton, New Jersey | John Barnes' (loyalist) | |
| 1777 | 3 January | Victory at Princeton, New Jersey | |
| 4-5 January | Pluckamin, New Jersey | ||
| 6 January-28 May | Morristown, New Jersey | Arnold's Tavern | |
| 29 May-24 June | Middlebrook, New Jersey | ||
| 25 June | Quibbletown, New Jersey | H.P. Drake House | |
| 26 June-2 July | Middlebrook, New Jersey | ||
| 3 July | Morristown, New Jersey | ||
| 11 July | Pompton, New Jersey | Arent Schuyler's house |
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| 13 July | Pompton Plains, New Jersey | Van Aulen's | |
| 15 July | Suffern's Tavern, New York | ||
| 20 July | Smith's Clove, New York | ||
| 21-23 July | 11 Miles in the Clove | Galloway's | |
| 23-24 July | Ramapo, New Jersey | ||
| 25 July | Pompton Plains, New Jersey | ||
| 26-27 July | Near Morristown, New Jersey | Mondevil's House | |
| 28 July | Flemington, New Jersey | ||
| 31 July | Coryell's Ferry, New Jersey | Holcombe House | |
| 1 August | Chester, Pennsylvania | ||
| 2-5 August | Philadelphia | Colo. Henry Hill's at Roxboro on 4 August | |
| 6 August | Germantown, Pennsylvania | ||
| 7 August | Schuylkill Falls, Pennsylvania | ||
| 9 August | Germantown, Pennsylvania | ||
| 10-23 August | Neshaminy Camp near Hartsville, Pennsylvania | Moland House | |
| 23 August | Germantown, Pennsylvania | Stenton | |
| 25 August-5 Sept. | Wilmington, Delaware | 303 West Street | |
| 5 September | New Port and Wilmington, Delaware | ||
| 10 September | Chadd's ford, Pennsylvania | Benjamin Ring's House | |
| 11 September | Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania | Now Brandywine Battlefield Park | |
| 12 September | Derby, Pennsylvania | ||
| 13 September | Schuylkill Falls and Germantown, Pennsylvania | Col. Henry Hill's House | |
| 15 September | Buck's Tavern, Pennsylvania | ||
| 16 September | Near White Horse Tavern, Pennsylvania | Randall Malin's | |
| 17 September | Yellow Springs & Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania | Pottsgrove Manor/Red Lion Tavern | |
| 18 September | Warwick Furnace, Pennsylvania | ||
| 19 September | Parker's ford, Pennsylvania | ||
| 21 September | Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania | Pottsgrove Manor | |
| 22 September | Camp 28 miles from Philadelphia on Reading Road | Mr. Kennedy's House | |
| 22-25 September | Camp 34 miles from Philadelphia on the Schuylkill | William Artes' House | |
| 26 September | Pottsgrove & Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania | Henry Keely's | |
| 27-29 September | Pennypacker's Mill, Pennsylvania | Pennypacker's Mansion | |
| 30 Sept.-2 October | Shippack, Pennsylvania | Peter Wentz's | |
| 4 October | Pennypacker's Mill, Pennsylvania | ||
| 5 October | Pennypacker's Mill, Pennsylvania | Pennypacker's Mansion | |
| 6 October | Pawlin's Mill, Pennsylvania | ||
| 9-15 October | Towamencin, Pennsylvania | Frederick Wampole's | |
| 16-20 October | Worcester, Pennsylvania | Peter Wentz's | |
| 21 October-2 November | Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania | Dawesfield (James Morris' House) | |
| 4 November-11 December | Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania | Emlen House | |
| 12 December | Swede's ford, Pennsylvania | ||
| 14-17 December | Gulph Mill, Pennsylvania | ||
| 19 December-18 June 1778 | Valley Forge, Pennsylvania | Deborah Hewe's House | |
| 1778 | 20 June | Doylestown, Pennsylvania | |
| 22 June | Coryell's Ferry, New Jersey | Holcombe House | |
| 23 June | Hopewell, New Jersey | John Hunt's | |
| 26 June | Cranberry, New Jersey | ||
| 27 June | Englishtown, New Jersey | ||
| 28 June | Middlesex County, New Jersey | ||
| 29 June | Near Monmouth, New Jersey | ||
| 3 July | Brunswick, New Jersey | ||
| 9 July | Newark, New Jersey | ||
| 10-14 July | Paramus, New Jersey | The Hermitage (Ms. Theodosia Prevost's) | |
| 15-18 July | Haverstraw, New York (visit to West Point on 16 July) | Udny Hay's | |
| 19 July | 7 miles from King's Ferry, New York | Captain Drake's Delavan House | |
| 20 July-16 September | White Plains, New York | Elijah Miller's House/Reuben Wright's Mill | |
| 17 September | Fredericksburg, New York | ||
| 1-8 October | Fishkill, New York | Brinkerhoff's House | |
| 9 October-10 November | Fredericksburg, New York | ||
| 10 November | Poughkeepsie, New York | Glebe House | |
| 11-29 November | Fredericksburg, New York | ||
| 29 November-2 December | Fishkill, New York | ||
| 2-4 December | Elizabethtown, New Jersey | ||
| 6 December | Paramus, New Jersey | ||
| 11-21 December | Middlebrook, New Jersey | ||
| 23 December-3 February 1779 | Philadelphia | Guest of Henry Laurens | |
| 1779 | 5 February-4 June | Middlebrook, New Jersey | Wallace House |
| 5 June | Ringwood, New Jersey | Robert Erskine's Iron Works | |
| 7 June | Smith's Clove, New York | Near the Tavern | |
| 15 June-20 July | New Windsor, New York | William Ellison's | |
| 21 July-27 November | West Point, New York | Moore House | |
| 1 December-10 June 1780 | Morristown, New Jersey | Ford Mansion | |
| 1780 | 11 June-29 July | Passaic County, New Jersey | Dey Mansion |
| 6 August | Peekskill, New York | ||
| 7 August | Clarkstown, New York | ||
| 8 August | Orangetown, New York | ||
| 19 August | Vicinity of Fort Lee, New Jersey | ||
| 25 August | Vicinity of Hackensack, New Jersey | Zabriskie's at River Edge | |
| 31 August | Near Fort Lee, New Jersey | ||
| 3 September | Englewood, New Jersey | Liberty Pole Tavern | |
| 4-6 September | Kendekemack, New Jersey | ||
| 17 September | New Bridge, New Jersey | Joshua Hett Smith's | |
| 20 September | Hartford, Connecticut | ||
| 23 September | Litchfield, Connecticut | Oliver Wolcott's | |
| 24 September | Fishkill, New York | Wharton's | |
| 25 September | West Point, New York | ||
| 28 September-6 October | Tappan, New York | De Windt House | |
| 8 October-27 November | Passaic County, New Jersey | Dey Mansion | |
| 28 November-2 March 1781 | New Windsor, New York | William Ellison's | |
| 1781 | 6-13 March | Newport, Rhode Island | Vernon House |
| 14-15 March | Providence, Rhode Island | Jabez Brown's | |
| 20 March-18 May | New Windsor, New York | William Ellison's | |
| 18 May | 43 miles from Fishkill, New York | Morgan's Tavern | |
| 19-24 May | Wethersfield, Connecticut | Webb House | |
| 25 May-24 June | New Windsor, New York | William Ellison's | |
| 24 June | Peekskill, New York | ||
| 1 July | Valentine's Hill, New York | ||
| 6 July | Dobb's ferry, New York | ||
| 18 July | North end of York Island, New York | ||
| 23 July | York Island, New York | Van Courtlandt Mansion | |
| 25 July-3 August | near Dobb's Ferry, New York | ||
| 20 August | Haverstraw, New York | Udny Hay's | |
| 21-23 August | King's Ferry, New York | ||
| 24 August | Haverstraw, New York | ||
| 25 August | King's Ferry, New York | ||
| 26 August | Ramapo, New Jersey | ||
| 27-28 August | Chatham, New Jersey | ||
| 29 August | Brunswick & Trenton, New Jersey | ||
| 31 August | Philadelphia | Robert Morris's | |
| 8 September | Baltimore | Fountain Inn | |
| 9-12 September | Mount Vernon | 13 September | |
| 13 September | Fredericksburg | ||
| 14 September | Williamsburg | Wythe House | |
| 6-19 October | Outside Yorktown | ||
| 20 October-5 November | Yorktown & Williamsburg | ||
| 7 November | Eltham, Virginia | Burwell Bassett's | |
| 12 November | Fredericksburg | ||
| 13-20 November | Mount Vernon | ||
| 26 November-23 March 1782 | Philadelphia | Benjamin Chew's Town House | |
| 1782 | 1 April-August 1783 | New Burgh, New York | Hasbrouck House |
| 1783 | August-mid-November | Rocky Hill, New Jersey | Rockingham |
| 20 November | West Point, New York | ||
| 22-23 November | Harlem Heights, New York | Blue Bell Tavern | |
| 24 November | Harlem Heights, New York | Day's Tavern or Leggett's Tavern | |
| 25 November | New York City | Bull's Head Tavern | |
| 4 December | Fraunces' Tavern |
Introduction | Full Itinerary | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 |1782 | 1783