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George Washington Slept Here

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  • Elizabeth Ingersoll (deceased)
    "Old Landmarks And Historic Personages of Boston" mentions the "King's Head" Inn. This establishment was at the northwest corner of Fleet and North streets. (This intersection is in Boston's North End;...
  • Charles Fremont Caroll, of Carrollton, signer of the "Declaration of Independence" (1737 - 1832)
    Charles Carroll of Carrollton (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832) was a lawyer and politician from Maryland who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and later a United States Senator. He w...
  • John Coke (1762 - 1822)
    Tavern keeper. Operated the Raleigh Tavern, where George Washington liked to stay whenever he was in Williamsburg, Virginia.
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and "Evangeline". He was also the first American to ...
  • John Larkin (1735 - 1807)
    Deacon John Larkin (April 3, 1735 – December 14, 1807) was an ordained minister of the First Congregational Church in his hometown of Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was also a merchant, in the tea trad...

"Chances are you've heard the adage, "George Washington slept here." There is a reason for the saying. The man got around. I don't mean he got around in a nudge, nudge, wink, wink, ya' know what I mean kind of way, but he did sleep in a lot of places. During the Revolutionary War he traveled across the Mid-Atlantic states and through the Northeast eating, drinking and catching some shut-eye in various taverns and inns."

"Tracing Washington's steps, either the actual steps or the possibilities, is a way to travel through American history."

quoted from Presidents' Day: George Washington Slept Here by by Jamie Rhein on Feb 19th 2007 at 10:01AM

Tracing Washington's steps is a way to travel through genealogy, too.

Bring on over your ancestor's profiles associated with places George Washington slept. I've linked below some ways to research that: please feel free to add more.

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