By April 20, he had reached Philadelphia and was greeted by a large crowd and a decorated arch at Gray's Ferry Bridge.

[2] The next day, by about 2 pm, he crossed the Delaware River to the Trenton Ferry landing and entered the city riding on a white horse.

[2] He then proceeded to the Eagle Tavern,[5] where he was met by General Philemon Dickinson, Major Richard Howell, Rev.

[6] The reception in Trenton was described contemporaneously in a letter to the editor dated April 25, 1789 and published in the May 1789 issue of the Columbian Magazine.

[7] The Triumphal Arch was used at the entrance to the New Jersey State House to honor the Marquis de Lafayette during his 1824 tour of the country.

[13] In 1845, Currier and Ives printed the lithograph Washington's Reception by the Ladies, on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J. April 1789, on His Way to be Inaugurated First President of the United States.

[15] In the 1850s, Thomas Crawford designed a pair of bronze doors for the Senate, which included a panel depicting the reception.