PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. THE inducement to the publication of the first Edition of this work, arose from a desire to preserve, in a volume, the interesting incidents in the President's First Tour, -the Addresses delivered to him, and his Answers to them. Knowing that a monotonous detail of civilities bestowed and reciprocated, would fatigue the reader, I attempted to blend with the narrative, Descriptive and Historical notices of the country through which he travelled; having, from personal observation, acquired some knowledge of the greatest part of the country the President explored. From the diversity of matter contained in the work, errors may be expected, and will undoubtedly be discovered. The Second Tour of the President was a very limited one, and of course the account of it is short. It is sincerely to be hoped that a much abler hand will present to the public an account of his extensive and interesting Tour in 1819. Hartford, Sept. 1819. THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. As the following work is a continued narrative, with- INAUGURATION, and INAUGURAL SPEECH, Extract from a Dublin Gazette, Extempore Address, 4th March 1817, PAGE. 13 Introductory remarks to the Tour of the President, 55 CITY OF WASHINGTON-permanent seat of govern- Departure from Washington, 31st May, 1817, MARYLAND-1st Entrance. PHILADELPHIA arrival at that place-importance of Cincinnati Society-Address of, at this place, and Description of that place and its rank, NEW-JERSEY. 78 PAGE NEW-YORK-1st Entrance. NEW-YORK CITY-its political importance, President's reception in that place, Address of the Citizens and President's Answer, CONNECTICUT-1st Entrance. SPRINGFIELD-President's reception there, Address of the Citizens, and notice of the place, PAGE. Sketch of this place, and its wanton destruction, 141 Address of the Minority of the Mass. Legislature, 153 Address of the Cincinnati, and President's Answer, 160 CHARLESTOWN-reception of the President, Address HARVARD UNIVERSITY-Address of the Corporation to the President, and his reply, Passage from Boston to Salem, Sketch of the town; Quakers; Cleopatra's barge, 188 NEWBURYPORT-arrival, reception of, and Address to the President in that place, Notice of the town, triumphal arches, &c. PORTSMOUTH-reception in that place, the Address |