George Washington

First U.S. President

1732–1799

Washington's 1790 Long Island tour connects Islip's Revolutionary landscape to the new republic. The annotated 1798 Conklin publication quotes Washington's diary from April 21–22, 1790, including a visit to "Squire Thompson's" house and his departure from "Mr. Thompson's" the next morning. The notes identify that house as Sagtikos Manor, still standing on Montauk Highway.

Por qué importan

Washington's stop gives Islip a direct connection to the early presidency and the post-Revolutionary nation.

Conexión con el presente

His visit makes Sagtikos a symbol of transformation: a landscape of occupation became part of the route of the first president of the United States.

Fuentes

Nathaniel Conklin, "Description of the Town of Islip in Suffolk County," 1798 (annotated, Town of Islip Historian's Office), quoting Washington's diary, April 21–22, 1790.
George J. Munkenbeck, "Isaac Thompson — A Man on a Tightrope."

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