Washington’s Revolutionary War Itinerary
Washington’s Revolutionary War Itinerary and the Location of His Headquarters, 1775-1783
The information in this chart largely comes from Appendix A of General Washington’s Headquarters, 1775-1783 by Dorothy Troth Muir. Please consult this source for further information.
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Year
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Time
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Place
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Headquarters
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
Primarily from:
Muir, Dorothy Troth. General Washingtons Headquarters, 1775-1783. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1977.
Per your “wpapers.virginia.edu/documents/revolutionary/itinerary/1783.html” and my contribution:
1782
August-mid-November Rocky Hill, New Jersey
10 November Washington leaves Rockingham (Rocky Hill) for West Point
11 November Because of snow, he goes to the De Wint House in Tappan (4th visit there) Leaves on the 14th.
20 November West Point.
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