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The early history of coffee houses in England; with some account of the first use of coffee and a bibliography of the subject (1893) online; Van Horne Melton, James. 2001. The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Lillywhite, Bryant. 1963. London Coffeehouses.
This is a partial list of former public houses and coffeehouses in Boston, Massachusetts. In the 17th and 18th centuries in particular these types of venues functioned also as meeting spaces for business, politics, theater, concerts, exhibitions, and other secular activities.
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Pages in category "Coffeehouses and cafés in the United States" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total.
London Coffee House, commonly referred to as the Old London Coffee House, was a coffee house in Philadelphia in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania, located on the southwest corner of Market (formerly High Street) and Front Streets.
Another ill-fated attempt to eradicate the menace of coffee drinking began under Swedish ruler Gustav III in the late 1700s. In 1746, a royal edict levied hefty taxes on coffee and tea drinking ...
Many were also the local post office and or the polling place. The United States Postal Service had its origins in the private taverns and coffeehouses of America. [16] A depiction of Civil War troops reading their mail at the Eagle Tavern which doubled as the post office in Silver Spring, Maryland can be seen at the Silver Spring Library. The ...
The word coffee in various European languages [8]. The most common English spelling of café is the French word for both coffee and coffeehouse; [9] [10] it was adopted by English-speaking countries in the late 19th century. [11]