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On October 6, 1796, Gadsby leased the City Hotel from John Wise, now the site of Gadsby's Tavern Museum in Alexandria. [3] The tavern quickly became the center for community events, from the George Washington birthnight ball to dancing assemblies to meetings of local clubs, particularly the Alexandria Jockey Club of which Gadsby was a benefactor. [4]
In rural communities, the tavern was a very important public space since it offered the community a place not only to meet but also to conduct business. The tavern also acted as an impromptu court house, where rules could be made, and disputes could be settled. [7] From 1660 to 1665, the Virginia government met in Jamestown at the local taverns.
After Michael Powell left Dedham for Boston in 1649, it left the town without a tavern keeper. [20] Fisher then opened Fisher's Tavern in what is present day Dedham Square, on Bullard Street, near "the keye where the first settlers' landed." [3] [9] [20] This public house featured the "Great Room" with a large fieldstone fireplace. [3]
Tavern keeper, livery stable operator, slave trader, slave jail proprietor Washington Robey ( c. 1799 – January 1, 1841), sometimes Washington Robie , was an American tavern keeper, livery stable operator, slave trader, and slave jail proprietor in early 19th-century Washington City, District of Columbia .
Richard "Dick" Woodward was an American tavern keeper. He was a patriot and soldier in the American Revolution , played host to the convention that adopted the Suffolk Resolves , and a leader of Dedham, Massachusetts .
Norman Milliken (July 11, 1771 Trenton, Province of Massachusetts Bay – February 2, 1843 Markham, Province of Canada) was a loyalist, farmer, lumber mill owner and hotel/tavern keeper in York County, Ontario. The community of Milliken Mills in Markham, Ontario is named after him.
By the 1830s, in fact, temperate customers had become numerous enough that some tavern keepers began operating on what became known as “the temperance plan.”
John Montgomery (tavern-keeper) S. Isaac Scott (pioneer) Elizabeth Maxwell Steele; Thomas Swann (councillor) ... This page was last edited on 14 June 2024, ...