President James Monroe visits Boston.

(to 7/8) Monroe is welcomed during his week-long visit with a parade and celebration that is later described as exceeding any since that of the “Sainted Washington.” A dinner is held at the Exchange Coffee House in his honor that is attended by former president John Adams and Com. Perry on July 4, 1817. A reception is hosted by Harrison Gray Otis. The next day, the Handel & Haydn Society performs “President Monroe’s March,” commissioned in his honor. Monroe later visits Adams in Quincy. After Monroe’s visit, Boston newspaperman Benjamin Russell coins the term the “Era of Good Feelings” to describe the era of political calm after the War of 1812 when the Democratic-Republican Party was overwhelmingly popular.