A History of Horrible Handovers

From Newsweek's article Handover Horror Stories via DjBryan

"1797 -- John Adams was sworn in as the second president on March 4, 1797, and within a few weeks had moved out of the president's house a block away from Independence Hall. President George Washington had left his servants in charge of the transition, who'd had a series of parties in the two weeks between when Washington vacated the house and when Adams moved in. The furniture was wrecked and most of the silverware and china had been taken. He wrote to his wife, Abigail, on March 22: "There is not a chair to sit in. The beds and bedding are in a woeful pickle. This house has been a scene of the most scandalous drinking and disorder among the servants that I ever heard of. I would not have one of them for any consideration."