The First Family Moves In (Nov. 1, 1800)

The Daily Muster · Nov 1, 2026 · 9m

The first family to live there found it unfinished, damp and cold.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:07 A City That Wasn't There

2:12 Stone and Whitewash

3:23 One Day In

4:46 The Drying Room

6:28 Only the Walls

7:50 One More Sentence

SOURCES

- White House Historical Association, State Dining Room: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/white-house-tour/state-dining-room

- Massachusetts Historical Society, Adams Family Papers: John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 November 1800: https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L18001102ja

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