* * * * *

Abstract of account in New York Packet: 

New York, May 1, 1789.  Yesterday at two o’clock was solemnly inaugurated into office, our Illustrious President.

The ceremony was begun by the following procession from the Federal House to the President’s house, viz.: 

  Troop of Horse
  Assistants
  Committee of Representatives
  Committee of Senate
  Gentlemen to be admitted in the Senate Chamber
  Gentlemen in coaches
  Citizens on foot

On their arrival, the President joined the procession in his carriage and four, and the whole moved through the principal streets to the State House in the following order: 

  Troop of Horse
  Infantry
  Sheriff on horseback
  Committee of Representatives
  Committee of Senate
  President and
  Assistants (President’s Suite) Assistants
  Gentlemen to be admitted in the Senate Chamber
  Gentlemen in coaches
  Citizens on foot

When the van reached the State House, the troops opening their ranks formed an avenue, through which, after alighting, the President, advancing to the door, was conducted to the Senate Chamber, where he was received by both branches of Congress, and by them accompanied to the balcony or outer gallery in front of the State House, which was decorated with a canopy and curtains of red interstreaked with white for the solemn occasion.  In this public manner the oath of office required by the Constitution was administered by the Chancellor of this State, and the illustrious Washington thereupon declared by the said Chancellor, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, amidst the repeated huzzas and acclamations of a numerous and crowded audience.

After the inauguration, the President, returning to the Senate Chamber, delivered a speech to both Houses of Congress.

After this the President, accompanied by both Houses of Congress, proceeded on foot to St. Paul’s Church (where divine service was performed by the Right Rev. Dr. Provost, suitable to the immediate occasion) in the following order, viz.: 

  Troop of Horse
  Infantry
  Door Keeper and Messenger of Representatives
  Clerk
  Representatives
  Speaker
  President and Vice-President
  President’s Suite
  Senators
  Secretary
  Door Keeper and Messenger of the Senate
  Gentlemen admitted into the Senate Chamber
  Sheriff
  Citizens

Constables, marshals, etc., on each side of the Members of Congress at proper distances, from the front of the Representatives to the rear of the Senators.

In the evening fireworks were displayed under the direction of Colonel Bauman.—­The brilliancy and excellency of them does honor to the projector.

The houses of their Excellencies the French and Spanish Ambassadors were most elegantly illuminated on this auspicious occasion.