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Josiah Quincy

1806

Josiah Quincy was a prominent American politician and municipal reformer who served as mayor of Boston from 1823 to 1828. He later served as the President of Harvard University from 1829 to 1845.

Manasseh Cutler

1802

Manasseh Cutler was a congregational clergyman, botanist, and Congressman from Massachusetts.

James Hillhouse

1802

James Hillhouse was an American politician and longtime U.S. Senator from Connecticut, serving from 1796 to 1810.

President Thomas Jefferson

Saturday, January 03, 1801

Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He visited Mount Vernon in 1801 to pay his condolences.

President John Adams

ca June 10-11, 1800

John Adams was the second President of the United States (1797–1801) and a key figure in the American Revolution. He visited George Washington's Mount Vernon in 1800, around June 10 or 11.

Roger Griswold

1800

Roger Griswold was an American lawyer and Federalist politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as Governor of Connecticut.

Abigail Smith Adams

1800

Abigail Smith Adams was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth. She visited Mount Vernon with Martha Washington in 1800.

Georges Washington de Lafayette

1796-1798

Georges Washington Motier de Lafayette was the son of the Marquis de Lafayette and a namesake of George Washington, his father's close friend and mentor. He lived with the Washingtons for two years.

James Monroe

October 23-25, 1786

James Madison

1786 & 1788