Stage-coach and Tavern Days

by Alice Morse Earle

Index

Abbott’s Tavern, [111-112].
Accidents on coaches, [365] et seq.
“Accommodation,” service in travel, [273], [298].
Adam and Eveses Garden, [157].
Adams, John, quoted, on landlord, [69];
on drinking habits, [103], [112];
on Revolutionary sentiments, [170-173], [175];
on Revolutionary song, [173].
Addison, quoted, [140-141].
Ah-coobee, [101].
Albany, N. Y., tavern at, [85-86];
foot post to, [275];
stage line at, [365-366];
highway robbery in, [394] et seq.
Ale, use of, [123].
Alexander, John, highway robbery by, [384] et seq.
Alexandria, Va., turnpike at, [232].
Alleghany Mountains, pack-horses on, [242].
Almshouse, ghost story of, [430] et seq.
American House, Springfield, fare at, [88].
Ames, Nathaniel, tavern of, [164] et seq.;
almanacks of, [164];
sign-board of, [165].
Amherst, Mass., sign-boards at, [123], [421].
Anchor Inn, [5].
Andover, Mass., tavern license in, [64-66].
Andros, Sir Edmund, wine list of, [136];
coach of, [256].
Angel Tavern, [157].
Animals, at taverns, [197-198].
Animals’ heads, sign-boards of, [138].
Annals of the Revolution, [377].
Annual parade, [336].
Apples, in New England, [125];
in Virginia, [129];
in New York, [130];
names of, [130].
Arcade Tavern, [294].
Arlington, Mass., taverns at, [180].
Armitage, Joseph, ordinary-keeper, [5].
Arnold, David, tavern of, [215].
Arnold, Peleg, tavern of, [352];
roads of, [352];
milestone of, [352-353].
Artists, as sign-board painters, [142] et seq.
Ashburnham Thief Detecting Society, handbill of, [393].
Ashton, John, cited, [193].
Auctions. See [Vendues].
Ayers, John, [170] et seq.
Bacchanalians, [141].
Backgammon, at coffee-houses, [49].
Badger and Porter’s Stage Lists, [273], [372].
Bag-o’-Nails, [141].
Balancing on stage-coach, [367-368].
Balch, John, post-rider, [309].
Balloons, at taverns, [198];
on railroads, [285].
Baltimore, Md., taverns in, [32];
wine prices at, [88-89];
turnpikes in, [232];
Conestoga wagons at, [247];
highway robbery in, [384] et seq.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, [284].
Bannocks, Tuggie, [95-96].
Bar, in taverns, [43].
Barbadoes, rum in, [100].
Barbadoes brandy, [101].

Barbadoes liquor, [101].
Barberries, superstitions about, [340-341].
Barge, use of word, [266-267].
Barnum, P. T., quoted, [130].
Barnum’s Hotel, Baltimore, prices at, [88-89].
Barre, sign-board at, [168].
Barre, Colonel, [173].
Barre and Worcester Stage Line, [305].
Barrington, R I., prices at, [79-80].
Bartlett, Eliphalet, tavern of, [47].
Bay Path, [224-225].
Beakers, glass, [44].
Beal, Thomas, coach line of, [271-272].
Bear, as a mark, [208].
Beaumont, quoted, [207].
Beehive Tavern, [154].
Beer, brewing regulated by law, [4];
price established, [4];
in New York, [121];
in Virginia, [121-122].
Bell Savage, [141].
Bell teams, [247].
Bell, Tom, story of, [380-381].
Bellarmine jug, [44].
Bellows-top, [109].
Bells, on pack-horses, [243];
on Conestoga wagons, [247-248].
Bennett, quoted, [103], [128], [256-257].
Berkeley, Governor, quoted, [122].
Bethlehem, Penn., tavern at, [57] et seq.
Beverige, [131-132].
Beverly, Mass., ordinary at, [2].
Bible and Key, [157].
Bible and Peacock, [157].
Biblical names, of towns, [58];
of taverns, [157].
Bickerdyke, quoted, [132].
Bilboes, [8], [215].
Billiards, forbidden, [5].
Bills of fare, [87-88].
Bingham house a tavern, [53].
Birch, beer of, [123];
vistas of, [346].
Bispham’s Tavern, Trenton, [83-84].
Bissell’s Tavern, [150-151].
“Bite,” [327].
Black Ben, anecdote of, [332].
Black, William, quoted, [116].
Black Horse Tavern, Winchester, [180].
“Blacks,” [373].
Black Horse Tavern, [39];
shows at, [197].
Black jacks, [14].
Black Sam. See [Samuel Fraunces].
Black strap, [104].
Bladensburgh, Md., tavern at, [32].
Bliss, Joseph, [311].
Bliss Tavern, Haverhill, N. H., [311], [314].
Blood, Sam, ghost story of, [420] et seq.
Blue Anchor Tavern, Boston, names of chambers, [18];
landlord of, [62].
Blue Anchor Tavern, Cambridge, bills at, [81].
Bogus, [104].
Bonaparte, Jerome, [186].
Bonnets, bought by stage-drivers, [328];
highway robbery of, [408].
Book auctions, [197].
Boreel Building, [35].
Boston, ordinaries in, [6], [9], [10-11], [13], [17-19];
night watch in, [6];
smoking fined in, [13];
ale-houses in, [20];
liquor sellers in, [25];
disorder in, [26-27];
taverns in, [154];
oldest inn in, [180];
pillory in, [218];
bridges in, [228] et seq.;
coaches in, [256] et seq.;
stage-coach lines from, [271] et seq., [371] et seq.
Boston, Sarah, [96-99].
Boston and Hartford Stage Line, [291] et seq.
Boston and Lowell R. R., [287].
Boston and Providence R. R., [287].
Boston and Worcester R. R., first cars on, [287].
Boston Courier, objects to railroads, [289].
Boston Tea Party, [181].
Boston Traveller, [273].
Bound children, [221].
Bowen Inn, prices at, [79-80].
Bowls, forbidden, [5].
Box, fragrance of, [347].
Brackett, Landlord, [84-85].

Braddock, General, horses and wagons for, [242] et seq.
Braddock’s trail, [243].
Bradford, printer, of Philadelphia, [49-50].
Bradish, Sister, encouraged in brewing, [122].
Bradstreet, Simon, bills of, [5];
rides in coach, [256].
Brakes, early, [288].
Brandy-wine, [101].
Bray, Major, robbery of, [405] et seq.
Brazil, story of, [298] et seq.
Breck, Samuel, cited, [218].
Bridges, sign-boards on, [149];
of fallen trees, [223], [356];
building of, [228];
of stone, [356];
of wood, [357-358];
insecurity of, [366] et seq.
Bridle-paths, [223].
Brissot, quoted, [67].
British Apollo, [139].
Brookfield, Mass., tavern at, [140];
war at, [170] et seq.
Brookline, Mass., turkey-shoot in, [208];
tavern, anecdote of, [383-384].
Brown, John, chariot of, [258-259].
Browner, Deb., [94-95].
Bryant, Harrison, anecdote of, [324-325].
Buck Horn Tavern, [169].
Buckman Tavern, [23], [179-180], [384].
Bucks County Historical Society, Pennsylvania, [239], [252].
Buffalo Bill, coach of, [265].
Buggy, [258].
Bull and Mouth, [141-142].
Bull-baiting, [209].
Bully Dawson, punch recipe of, [119-120].
Bunch of Grapes, lecture at, [198], [204-205].
Bunting, [92].
Burke, Edmund, quoted, [103].
Burlington, Mass., tavern at, [182-183].
Burnaby, quoted, [90].
Burning at stake, [218-219].
Burns, George, [36].
Bush, as tavern-sign, [169].
Butchers, as letter-carriers, [274].
Butler, coach-driver, [268].
Buxton Inn, ghost story of, [426] et seq.
Bynner, Edwin Lasseter, quoted, [196-197].
Cable cars, [285].
Calash, described, [257].
Calibogus, [104].
Calves’ head soup, [89].
Cambridge, Mass., seating meeting at, [16-17];
first landlord at, [63];
first liquor license at, [63];
selectmen’s bills at, [81];
negro burned in, [218-219].
Canajoharie, N. Y., stages at, [236];
spelling of name, [237].
Canary, use of, [32].
Canton, Mass., flip in, [109].
Captain Lightfoot, [402].
Captain Thunderbolt, [402-403], [407].
“Carding,” forbidden, [5].
Carriages, for pleasure, [227];
in Philadelphia, [256].
Cars on railroads, [285] et seq.
Carts, near Boston, [257];
in New England, [313].
Cart-bridges, [228].
Cartways, [222].
Castle Inn, scene at, [28-29].
Cat and Wheel, [141].
Catfish suppers, [90-91].
Catherine Wheel, [141].
Cato’s House, [40-41].
Cattle tracks, [223].
Cavalry corps, in Massachusetts, [226].
Central Hotel, Worcester, [303].
Centrebrook, Conn., tavern at, [152-153].
Chain bridge, Newburyport, [230].
Chair, described, [258].
Chaise, described, [257-258];
French, [258].
Chalking his hat, [233].
Chapin, C. W., [338].
Chariots, [253], [258-259].
Charles River, bridge over, [228] et seq.
Charlestown, Mass., great house at, [15].

Charlestown, N. H., tavern at, [154];
coachman at, [323].
Cheney, B. P., [338].
Chester, Vt., marriages at, [345].
“Chopping,” [327].
Church, Dr., a traitor, [181].
Cider, use of, [103] et seq.;
price of, [125], [128], [129];
manufacture of, [128].
Ciderkin, [130].
Cider-royal, [130].
City Hotel, Hartford, bill of fare, [89].
City Hotel, New York, [37] et seq.
City Tavern, New York, [33] et seq.
Claret, use of, [136].
Clark’s Inn, Philadelphia, [55] et seq.
Clawson, John, murder of, [341-342].
Clifford’s Tavern, thief sold at, [219-220].
Clubs, in taverns, [35].
Cluffe, Richard, anecdote of, [4-5].
Coachee, described, [257].
Coaches, in England, [253-256];
objections to, [254];
books about, [255-256];
in America, [256] et seq.;
in Scotland, [283].
Coachmen, in England, [323], [328], [336-337].
Coast Path, [224].
Cochran, Mordecai, [233].
Coffee, introduction of, [48];
abuse of, [48].
Coffee-houses, in London, [47-48];
in New York, [48-49];
in Philadelphia, [49-50];
in Boston, [50-51].
Coffyn, Tristram, keeps ordinary, [2].
Cohos Turnpike, [309].
Cohos Valley, [308].
Cole, Samuel, keeps ordinary, [180].
Coles, Robert, two sentences of, [8].
Collier, William, wine seller, [63].
Collin’s Tavern, [92].
Comfortier, [46].
Commutation, in travel, [298].
Concerts, at taverns, [203].
Concord, Mass., lack of ordinary in, [2];
tavern at, [179].
Concord, N. H., coach-making in, [264-265];
stagemen’s ball at, [336].
Conestoga wagons, first appearance in history, [242-243];
payment for use of, [242];
a pride, [245];
shape of, [246];
equipment of, [247-248];
number of, [249];
in Revolution, [250];
in War of 1812, [250];
in New England, [312] et seq.
Conkey Tavern, [186-188].
Connecticut, laws in, [2];
apples in, [125].
Convicts sent to America, [374].
Cook, Tom, [381] et seq.
Coolidge, turnkey, [406].
Cooper, James Fenimore, quoted, [68-69].
Cooper Tavern, [180].
Corduroy roads, [227-228].
Courts held in taverns, [213-214].
Cowper, quoted, [266].
Cox, Lemuel, bridges of, [229] et seq.
Craft’s Tavern, [205].
Creels, transportation by, [283].
Criminals, public punishment of, [214] et seq.;
sale of, [219-220].
Cromwell’s Head Tavern, [84-85].
Crosby, J., advertisement of, [117-118].
Curricle, described, [257-258].
Cutpurse, Moll, [374].
Cutter, Joseph, tavern of, [153].
Danbury, Conn., railroad incident at, [287].
Dancing, forbidden, [4], [6];
at New York ball, [39].
Danforth, Nicholas, sells wine, [63].
Danforth, Samuel, anecdote of, [10].
Dankers, quoted, [130].
Darrach, Mrs. Lydia, action of, [378].
Daughters of Liberty, [173].
Davenport, George, tavern bill of, [177-178].
Deer seen from coach, [345].
De Lanceys, house of, [35-36], [183-184].
De Lancey Arms, bull-baiting at, [209].
Dennie, Joseph, [206-207].
De Quincey, quoted, [360].
Dicing forbidden, [5].
Dickens, Charles, quoted, [255].

Distances, elastic, [354].
Doanes, story of, [377] et seq.
Dogs, turnspits, [55-57].
Doherty, John, [402].
Doolittle Tavern, [153].
Door-latch, iron, [42].
Dorchester, Mass., tavern at, [175].
Drafts, in America, [374-375].
“Draw,” [327].
Dress of stage-drivers, [325-326].
Drift of the forest, [210].
Drivers, rivalry of, [269];
of wagons in New England, [313].
Driving, rules for, [333-334].
Drunkenness, laws about, [7] et seq., [34-35];
of coachmen, [295], [328].
Dunbarton, N. H., [219-220].
Dunton, John, quoted on landlord, [5], [62];
on punch bowl, [116].
Dutch, drink of, [103].
Duxbury, Mass., ordinary at, [3], [64].
Dwight, Dr., quoted on landlords, [66].
Eagle Coffee-house, Concord, N. H., [336].
Eagle Tavern, East Poultney, Vt., [46].
Eagle Tavern, Newton, N. H.,

[46-47].
Ear-bells, [247].
Earl of Halifax Tavern, [175-177], [278].
Early start of stage-coaches, [294], [369] et seq.
East Poultney, Vt., taverns at, [46].
East Windsor, Conn., tavern at, [150-153].
Eastern Stage Company, [273] et seq.;
drivers of, [332], [338].
Eastern Stage House, [199].
Ebulum, [132].
Egan, Pierce, books of, [321-322].
Egg-hot, [111]
Egg-nogg, Cato’s, [41].
Egg-nogg stick, [114].
Eicholtz, sign-board by, [153].
Electrical machines, at taverns, [198].
Ellery Tavern, Gloucester, accounts at, [80-81].
Elopements, [344-345].
Emerson, Joseph, ownership of a “shay,” [259-260].
Emerson, R. W., anecdote told by, [358-359].
Endicott, Governor, bills of, [5];
apples planted by, [125].
Enlisting, [188] et seq.
Epping, N. H., anecdote of coaching at, [368-369].
Ernst, C. W., quoted, [227], [267], [280].
Essex Bridge, [229].
Essex Turnpike, [231].
Everett, David, [207].
Exchange Coffee-house, Boston, [50] et seq., [199].
Exchange Hotel, Worcester, [300].
Exchange Tavern, Boston, [45].
Execution Day, [217], [312].
Experiment railroad, [284].
Falstaff Inn, [155].
Farming, [327].
Farrar, Major John, keeps tavern, [293].
Father of the Turnpike, [297].
Fayal wine, use of, [32].
Fayetteville, N. C., bridge at, [366-367].
Federal Convention Inn, [145] et seq.
Ferries, ordinaries at, [2];
establishment of, [228];
frozen in, [279].
Fessenden, T. G., [207].
Fiennes, Celia, quoted, [244-245].
Finlay, Hugh, quoted, [277-278].
Fireplaces, [41-42].
Fisher, Joshua, [164].
Fitchburg, Mass., tavern at, [16].
Fitzhugh, Colonel, apple trees of, [129].
Flagg, Parson, marriages of, [345].
Flip, description of, [108];
early note of, [108];
in Canton, Mass., [109];
in England, [110];
recipe for, [111];
price of, [112];
taste of, [113].
Flip dog, [112].
Flip glasses, [109-110].
Flip iron, [112].
Floating bridges, [228], [367].
Flowers, of gardens, [347];
of fields, [347];
of orchards, [348].

Flying machines, [261].
Flying Mail Stages, [261].
Flying wagons, [261].
Foot-bridges, [228].
Foot-paths, [223], [225].
Foot-port, [275].
Fountain Inn, Baltimore, Md., [32].
Fountain Inn, Medford, Mass., [53] et seq.
Four Alls, [160-161].
Fox and Hounds, [168].
Fox-chase, [209], [210].
Franklin, Benjamin, home of, a tavern, [53];
quoted, [69-70];
on sign-board, [152];
at tavern, [195];
secures wagons for Braddock’s Army, [242-243];
milestones of, [353];
cyclometer of, [353].
Franklin Inn, [159].
Fraunces, Samuel, [183-184].
Fraunces Tavern, [183-184].
Freemasons, at tavern, [180], [203] et seq.
Freight cars, [287].
Frey, S. L., cited, [211].
Furs, [243].
Games, prohibited, [5].
Gardens, [347].
Garrigues Ferry, [91].
Gates on turnpikes, [237].
General Ticket Office, of Pease, [298].
Genessee Valley, [234].
Gentlemen sailors, [189] et seq.
Germantown, Penn., [155].
Ghosts, in England, [409];
in taverns, [410];
of Indians, [410].
Gig, [226].
Gimlet team, [314].
Gin, use of, [103].
Gloucester, Mass., tavern bills at, [80-81].
Goat and Compass, [141].
Going Down with Victory, [360].
Golden Hill Inn, [184-185].
Golden Lion, [163].
Good Intent Coach Line, [268].
Good Woman, [162-163].
Grafton, Mass., Indians at, [96].
Grease-pot. See [Tar-lodel].
Green Bush, [169].
Green Dragon Inn, [180-181].
Greenfield, Mass., tavern at, [153].
Gregory’s Tavern, Albany, [85-86].
Greyhound Tavern, [10], [24].
Grog, [104].
“Grub,” [249].
Guide-boards, [354].
“Gumption,” [130].
Hall, Basil, quoted, [67], [79], [208-209], [290], [370].
Hall, Francis, quoted on landlords, [66].
Hammond, John, quoted, [131-132].
Hancock, John, on sign-board, [152];
at Liberty Tavern, [175].
Hancock Tavern, [152].
Handkerchief with postal lists, [281] et seq.
Hanging in chains, [342].
Hardy, Governor, dinner to, [36].
Hare Brothers, highway robbery by, [386] et seq.
Harnesses of Conestoga wagons, [247].
Harrington Tavern, Shrewsbury, Mass., [299].
Hartford, Conn., tavern at, [43-44];
ordination bill at, [82].
Harvard College, cider at, [125];
Commencement at, [128];
love-making in, [216-217];
pillory in, [218].
Harvey, Governor, complaint of, [32].
Hat Tavern and Sign-board, [147].
Hatch, Israel, coach lines of, [271-272].
Haverhill, N. H., tavern and stage life in, [309-319].
Hawthorne, quoted, [218].
Hayden Tavern, sign-board of, [28], [150].
Hays’ Tavern, Brattleboro, [65].
Hen and Chickens, [151-152].
Henry, Edward Lamson, collections of, [32-33].
Herndon, John, curse of, [341].
Hicks, sign-board by, [239].
Highwaymen, in England, [373], [375];
in America, [374] et seq.
Highwaywomen, [408].

Hingham, Mass., Thief Detecting Society of, [393].
Histrionic academies, [200].
Hogarth, sign-board by, [160].
Holden, Mass., flip at, [111-112].
Holland, J. G., quoted, [225].
Holyhead Road, [230-231].
Horns as tavern-signs, [169].
Horse-bridges, [228].
Horse-cars, [285].
Horse-paths, [237].
Horse thief, [211] et seq.
Horses as tavern-signs, [152];
rearing of, [226];
plenty of, [227];
of Conestoga breed, [247];
in Boston, [257];
on New England wagons, [315];
on stage-coaches, [332-333];
false tails on, [333].
Hotels, evolution of, [51-52].
Hottle, [112].
Hound-handle pitcher, [26].
Hundredth Town, [96].
Hutchinson, Governor, milestones set by, [350].
Ibbetson, sign-board by, [142].
Indian Queen Tavern, Bladensburg, [32].
Indian Queen Tavern, Philadelphia, [52-53].
Indians, sale of rum prohibited to, [7], [103];
leniency to, [92] et seq.;
on sign-boards, [154];
attack on Brookfield, [170] et seq.;
wars of, [170] et seq.;
paths of, [223] et seq.;
as mail-carriers, [274-275];
ghosts of, [410].
Inn, use of word, [30].
Insurance office in tavern, [198].
Inveigling of girls’ affections, [216-217].
Ipswich, Mass., landlord at, [69];
shipping at, [217].
Ipswich River, bridge on, [358].
Irish workers on roads, [233-234].
Jackasses, sale of, [197].
Jacks. See [Black-jacks].
Jansen, quoted, [263].
Jefferson, Thomas, quoted, [232].
Jencks, Reuben, tavern of, [410] et seq.
Jencks Tavern, ghost story of, [410-419].
Johnstown, N. Y., tavern at, [85].
Jokes, of landlords, [70] et seq.;
at taverns, [92].
Jordan, John V., account of The Rose Tavern, [57].
Josselyn, John, quoted, [69], [129].
Joyce, Herbert, quoted, [281].
June Bug, coach line, [268].
Kalm, quoted, [130].
Kennebunk Road by the Sea, [224].
Kentucky, metheglin in, [124].
“Kids,” [374].
Kieft, Director, quoted, [33].
Kill devil, [100], [101].
King’s Arms, Boston, inventory of, [17] et seq.
King’s Arms, Newport, play at, [200] et seq.
King’s College, services at, [36].
King’s Head Tavern, Brooklyn, [209-210].
Kittery, Me., makes road, [224].
Knights, Sarah, quoted, [76] et seq.;
journey of, [76].
Knot bowl, Indian, [44].
Lackawanna, pauper sold at, [221].
Lafayette, on sign-boards, [152];
at taverns, [186], [195], [301].
Lamb, Charles, quoted, [119].
Lamb Tavern, [199].
Lambert, John, quoted, [333].
Lancaster, Mass., cider at, [128].
Lancaster, Penn., taverns in, [143] et seq., [213-214];
sign-boards in, [143];
Conestoga wagons in, [243], [252];
pack-horses at, [245];
steam cars at, [287];
stage-coach at, [370-371].
Lang, Andrew, quoted, [414].
Langdon, J. F., [334].
La Rochefoucauld, cited, [227].
La Tour, indignity to his companion, [11].
Lay Preacher, [206-207].
Lebanon Tavern, [157].

Lecture Day, [218].
Lemons, sign of, [139].
Lemons, [117].
“Leveller,” [382].
Lexington, Mass., taverns at, [179-180];
highway robbery at, [384].
Ley, Lord, at Boston ordinary, [6].
Liberty poles, [173].
Liberty trees, [173] et seq.
License, of taverns, [64] et seq.
Life in London, [321-322].
Lighthouse, Sandy Hook, [36-37].
Lime Rock, R. I., tavern at, [44].
“Limited” service, of travel, [298].
Linnæus, classification of, [347].
Literary Club of Walpole, [205-207].
Little Falls, N. Y., fare at, [85].
Lloyd, Governor, house a tavern, [53].
Locomotives, early, [284], [286].
Loggerhead, [108-109].
Loggets, forbidden, [5].
London Coffee-house, Philadelphia, [49].
Londonderry, Ireland, bridge at, [229].
London Labour and London Poor, [320].
Longfellow, quoted, [371].
Lottery, for Sandy Hook Lighthouse, [36];
at taverns, [203].
Louis Philippe, at tavern, [181].
Lowell, quoted, [113].
Loyal Garland, [133].
Loyalists, [377].
Lucas, John, chariot of, [258].
Ludlow, Lt., robbery of, [384] et seq.
Macadamized roads, [231] et seq.
Macraby, Alexander, quoted, [49].
Madeira, use of, [32], [103];
prices of, [88], [89].
Madigolum, [58].
Madison’s War, [191].
Mail, transportation of, [269];
by butchers, [274];
by Indians, [275];
by post, [275];
irregularity of, [275];
conditions of service, [277-278];
in England, [281];
in Scotland, [283] et seq.;
in United States, [297], [305].
Mail-coaches, on Holyhead Road, [230-231];
at Whitestown, N. Y., [236];
at Canajoharie, [237];
in England, [255], [280];
in America, [269], [280] et seq.;
glories of, [360].
Mail Stage Carriages, [261].
Maize, beer from, [121], [122].
Malaga, use of, [30].
Malden Bridge, [229].
Man Full of Trouble, [159] et seq.
Man Loaded with Mischief, [159] et seq.
Man Making his Way through the World, [161-162].
Manners at taverns, [78].
Mansion House, Philadelphia, [86-87].
March, Hugh, keeps an ordinary, [2-3].
Marden, H. P., [335].
Mariners’ Club, [420].
Market, winter ride to, [316-320].
Markham, Gervayse, [133].
Marlborough, Mass., [224].
“Marmalet-madams,” [6].
Martin, Mike, career of, [401] et seq.
Maryland, road house in, [33];
pillory in, [218];
turnpikes in, [232], [234];
railroads in, [284-285].
Massachusetts Grand Lodge, [204].
Mather, Cotton, quoted, [20].
Mather, Increase, quoted, [102].
Mather, Samuel, quoted, [117].
May, Silas, opens stage line, [309].
McAdam, James, [231].
McAdam, Loudon, [231].
McGowan’s Tavern, [249-250].
Mead, use of, [123-124].
Meals, price of, [4];
at early taverns, [76-77], [317].
Medford, Mass., tavern at, [53] et seq.
Meeting-house, relation to tavern, [13-14];
discomforts of, [14].
Melish, John, quoted, [85], [230], [371].
Mendenhall Ferry Tavern, [90-91].
Mendum, Jack, anecdote of, [331-332].
Merchants’ Coffee-house, [49].
Metheglin, use of, [124-125];
price of, [124].

Mileposts, in Massachusetts, [350-351];
in Connecticut, [351-352];
in Rhode Island, [352].
Militia, [249].
Miller, “Devil” Dave, [73-74].
“Mimbo,” [104].
Miner, H. S., quoted, [313], [332], [334].
“Mitchin,” [317].
Mohawk Turnpike, [234] et seq.
Molasses, rum from, [103];
beer from, [122].
Monk, George, [62].
Monroe Tavern, [179].
Monteith punch bowl, [115].
Moore, Thomas, quoted, [366].
Moose, exhibited, [197-198].
Morland, George, sign-board by, [142].
Morton, Thomas, punished in bilboes, [215].
Mowry, Roger, tavern of, [340].
Mowry’s Inn, [44].
Mulberry trees, [346].
Mulled wine, recipe for, [136].
Murline, Jacob, love-making of, [216-217].
Nahant Hotel plate, [206].
Naming of chambers, [17-18].
Nangatuck, Conn., tavern at, [92].

Narragansett, travel in, [341], et seq.;
murder in, [342];
shift marriages in, [343];
elopement in, [344-345];
burial of suicide in, [344].
Narragansett Pacers, [226].
National Line, [268].
National Road, travellers on, [195], [233];
construction of, [232] et seq.;
coach lines on, [268] et seq.
Negro highwayman, [388].
Negus, [137].
Neighborliness, of colonists, [1].
Newbury, Mass., ordinary at, [2].
Newburyport, Mass., tavern at, [145];
bill at, [177-178];
bridge at, [230].
Newburyport Turnpike, [231].
New Connecticut Path, [224].
New Exchange, N. Y., [48-49].
New Hampshire, stage-drivers in, [334-336].
New Liberty Song, [173].
New London, Conn., milestone at, [353].
New Netherland, taverns in, [33].
Newport, R. I., turtle-feast at, [90];
play at, [200] et seq.
Newspapers, at taverns, [91-92].
New York, taverns in, [33] et seq., [90];
just from, [275].
Night-watch, rules in Boston, [6];
in Bethlehem, Penn., [58] et seq.;
rhymes of, [60].
Ninepins, forbidden, [5].
Nipmuck Trail, [224].
Noah’s Ark, [157].
Norfolk, Va., impressment in, [191-192].
Notions of the Americans, [68], [82-83].
Nutmeg-holders, [137].
Nutmegs, use of, [136-137].
“Ocuby,” [101].
Ohio Company, organization of, [205].
Ohio, settlement of, [234] et seq.;
emigration to, [416].
Old Connecticut Path, [224].
Oldmixon, quoted, [125].
Olmstead, Nicholas, in pillory, [218].
Olney Tavern, [174].
Omnibus, [273].
Ordinaries, use of word, [1], [30];
reasons for establishment of, [2];
inducements to keep, [2];
restrictions upon, [3-4], [7], [10-11].
Ordination ball, [82].
Ordination beer, [82].
Ordination Day, [82];
liquor at, [116].
“Owlers,” [373].
Pack-horses, in England, [241], [244];
on Alleghany Mountains, [242-244];
common carriers, [245].
Paddock, coaches of, [280].
Palmer, starts mail-coaches, [280].
Parkman, Dr., diary of, [383].
Parley, Peter, quoted, [186], [284-285].
Parlor, of tavern, [41-42].

Patriot Brothers, sign-board, [149].
Paulus Hook, stage-coaches from, [262].
Paupers, sale of, [220-222].
Peachy, [132].
Pease, Levi, [293] et seq.
Pease Tavern, [291] et seq.
Peg Mullen’s Beefsteak House, [203-204].
Pelham, Mass., tavern at, [186-188];
tolls at, [240].
Pembroke Tavern, sign-board of, [217].
Penn, Richard, home a tavern, [53].
Penn, William, quoted, [104].
Pepys, Samuel, quoted, [433].
Pequot Trail, milestone on, [353].
Perkins Inn, sign-board of, [152].
Perry, [132].
Persimmons, beer from, [122].
Phelps, Joseph, [150].
Philadelphia, Penn., taverns in, [33], [86-87];
as a port, [33];
sign-boards in, [163];
freemasons in, [203];
courts in, [213];
carriages in, [256];
lines of stages, [261], [267-268].
Phillips House, [45].
Pick-a-back, across rivers, [223-224].
Pig and Carrot, [141].
Pillion, [226].
Pillory, [218].
Pine trees of the King, [346].
Pine Tree Tavern, [46].
Pioneer Line, [268-270].
Pipe-tongs, [46].
Pitcairn, Major, anecdote of, [179].
Pitt, William, sign-board of, [151], [156], [173], [177].
Pitt Tavern, [151].
Plays, at taverns, [200] et seq.
Plymouth, Mass., first wine sellers in, [63].
Plymouth Path, [224].
“Pod,” [316].
“Podanger,” [314].
“Pointing,” [327].
Pompoins. See [Pumpkins].
Poore Tavern, [159].
Portsmouth, N. H., tavern at, [175-176];
stage line at, [278] et seq.
Portsmouth Road, [342].
Post, riding with, [76];
by foot, [275-276];
duties of, [275];
in Haverhill, N. H., [309].
Postal rates, [282].
Postlethwaite’s Tavern, [213-214].
Postmaster, salary of, [277].
Post-riders, [276-277].
Potatoes, beer from, [122].
Potter, Paul, sign-board by, [142-143].
Pottle, [84].
Prairie schooner, [252].
Pratt, Matthew, sign-board by, [146].
Prescott, Mass., tavern at, [186-188].
Press-gang, [191-192].
Prices of tavern fare, [4], [5], [31], [79-82], [84], [85], [88-89].
Products, of New England farm, [316-317].
Providence, R. I., first ordinary at, [16], [340];
Liberty Tree at, [174];
rival coach lines from, [271] et seq.
Providence Path, [224].
Province Arms, New York, [35] et seq.
Province House, Boston, a tavern, [53].
Prygman, [219].
Pseudonyms, [207].
Pumpkins, beer from, [122], [123].
Punch, use of, [103], [115], [116];
derivation of, [114];
recipe for, [116-117], [120];
price of, [118], [177];
names of, [118-119].
Punch bowls, [114] et seq.
Punch Bowl Tavern, turkey-shoot at, [208].
Punch-tasters, [118].
“Pung,” [316].
Punishments, [214] et seq.
Putnam, Israel, a landlord, [145].
Pye, John, robbery of, [394] et seq.
Pygarg, [197].
Quakers, whipped, [217].
Quarles, quoted, [29].
Quawbang, [170].
Queen’s Birthday, celebration of, [26].
Queen’s Head, [183].
Quick, Elmira, sold as pauper, [221-222].

Quincy, Eliza S., quoted, [276].
Quincy, Josiah, quoted, [104], [294-295], [370-371].
Quincy Railroad, [284].
Quoits, forbidden, [5].
Rabbit, on sign-board, [153].
Railroads, early, [284] et seq.;
objections to, [288-290];
discomforts of, [349].
Rainbow Coffee-house, [48].
Raleigh Inn, [155].
Rambarge. See [Rumbarge].
Rambooze. See [Rumbooze].
Ramsey, landlord, [74-75].
Recruiting offices, taverns as, [188] et seq.
Redemptioners, [374].
Red Rose of the Olden Time, [57] et seq.
Reed, President, quoted, [250].
Regulars, [249].
Reins, on Conestoga wagons, [248];
on stage-coaches, [334].
Revere, Paul, engraving by, [84];
quoted, [181].
Rhymes, of taprooms, [45];
of night-watch, [60-61].
Ribbonmen, [401].
Riedesel, Baron, quoted, [103].
Road-bed of early railroads, [288].
Road house, [33].
Road wagon, [260].
Roads, earliest, [223];
quality of, [227];
in England, [230] et seq.
Robinson, Hannah, elopement of, [344].
Robinson’s Tavern, [175].
Rogers, Fairman, quoted, [265].
Rose Tavern, [57].
Royal Exchange Tavern, Boston, [204].
Rum, first use of word, [100];
derivation of word, [100];
varying prices, [102], [103];
in mixed drinks, [104] et seq.
Rumbarge, [101].
Rumbooze, description of, [101].
Rum bottles, [102].
Rumbowling, [101].
Rumbullion, [100].
Rumfustian, description of, [101].
Russel Tavern, [180].
Rye, N. Y., ordinary at, [77].
Sack, selling prohibited, [4];
early mention of, [133] et seq.;
application of name, [133];
price of, [134];
in America, [135] et seq.
Sack-posset, use of, [134];
recipe for, [134-135].
Sail boats, on sign-boards, [159].
Sailors, on sign-boards, [158-159].
Salem, Mass., tavern bill of, [16];
sign-board in, [19-20];
woman keeps tavern in, [20];
animal shows at, [197].
Salem, N. J., tavern prices at, [118].
Salem and Boston Turnpike, [231].
Salt, on pack-horses, [244].
Saltonstall, Nathaniel, protest of, [21-22].
Sanborn, Charles, [334].
Sandy Hook Lighthouse, [36-37].
Sangaree, [134].
Sassafras, beer of, [123].
Scents, of woods, [348];
of gardens, [348-349];
of fields, [347-349];
of fruits, [349].
Schoolboys on coaches, [329-330].
Schuylkill Bridge, [230].
Scotchem, [105-108].
Seabury, liquor seller, [64].
Sea terms in land travel, [267].
Seating the meeting, [16-17].
Selectmen, bills of, [80-81].
Sewall, Samuel, Judge, compared with Pepys, [24];
character of, [24-25];
on a wedding, [135-136];
buys trunks, [330];
on suicide, [344].
Shad, planked, [89].
Shaffer, anecdote of, [272].
Shaw, Major, on railroads, [339].
“Shay,” [258];
cost of, [259].
Shays’s Rebellion, [186] et seq.
Sherris-sack, [134].
Shift marriages, [343].
Ship in distress, [159].
Shouldering, [326].
Shows, in taverns, [28].
Shrewsbury, Mass., tavern talk at, [172];
taverns at, [291] et seq.
Shuffle-board, forbidden, [5].

Sign-boards, in early ordinaries, [19-20];
use of, [138] et seq.;
materials of, [138];
in business, [138-139];
incongruity of, [139] et seq.;
on bridges, [238-239].
Sign-posts, established, [138].
Sikes. See [Sykes].
Silent Woman, [162].
Singing, forbidden, [4].
Skidding, [327].
Skinners, [377].
Slat sign, [149].
Sledding, [313].
Sledges, transportation by, [241], [283].
Sleeping accommodations, [77-79], [318].
Slide-groat, forbidden, [5].
Sling, [104].
Small drink, described, [121].
Smith, Adam, on smuggling, [373].
Smoking-tongs, [46].
Snake heads, [286].
Sniggers and Vesta’s Gap, turnpike to, [232].
Snow-shoes, post on, [275];
mail carried on, [297].
Sons of Liberty, [37], [173].
South Kingston, R. I., shift manages at, [373].
Southworth, Constant, wine seller, [63].
Sowrings, [117-118].
Spectator, [140].
Spike team, [314].
Sports of the innyards, [5].
Sprague, Francis, ordinary-keeper, [64].
Springfield, Mass., fare at, [88].
Spruce, beer of, [122-123].
Stadt Harberg, [33].
Stage, use of word, [265-267].
Stage-chair, [278].
Stage-chaise, [261].
Stage-chariot, [261].
Stage-coaches, of year 1828, [218];
in England, [255], [274];
in Boston and Rhode Island, [260-261];
in Pennsylvania, [263];
of year 1818, [263-264];
application of word, [265];
in Pennsylvania, [268];
rates on, [270], [273];
rates in England, [271];
from Portsmouth, [278] et seq.;
sights from, [345] et seq.;
courtship on, [359-360].
Stage-drivers, [323];
characteristics of, [324] et seq.;
dress of, [325-326];
shopping done by, [328];
drinking habits of, [328];
names of, [332];
on railroads, [387];
tales of, [341].
Stage-lists, [273].
Stage-men’s Ball, [336].
Stage-wagons, in England, [251], [255];
out of Boston, [261];
in Pennsylvania, [262], [268].
Stamp Act, [37].
Stark, General, victory of, [205].
State House Inn, Philadelphia, [55].
Stavers Coaching Line, [278] et seq.
Stavers Inn, [175-178], [278-279].
Stickney Tavern, sign-board of, [203].
St. John’s Lodge, [204].
Stocks, use of, [8], [215].
“Stogies,” [245-246].
Stone wall, [130].
Stow, quoted, [253].
Stratford, Conn., milestone at, [353].
Stratton, Arad, tavern of, [151].
Streets, naming of, [138].
Strong waters, selling prohibited, [4].
Struggling Man, [161-162].
Stuart, Gilbert, sign-board by, [145].
Stuyvesant, Governor, laws of, [34].
Sudbury, Mass., tavern at, [43], [180], [371].
Suicides, burial of, [344].
Sumner, Charles, quoted, [369].
Sun-line house, [46].
Suspension Bridge, [230].
Swift, Dean, quoted, [132], [266].
“Swiftnicks,” [398].
Switchel, [132].
Sykes Coffee-house, [300].
Sykes, Reuben, [293] et seq., [300].
Talleyrand, at tavern, [181].
Tally, forbidden, [5].
Tally-ho, use of word, [266].
Tap-houses, New York, [34-35].
Taproom rhymes, [45].
Taprooms, [19], [42] et seq.

Tar-bucket. See [Tar-lodel].
Tar-lodel, [246-247].
Tarleton Arms, [310].
Tarleton Inn, story of, [309-310];
sign-board of, [310], [312].
Tarleton, Wm., [309-310].

Tavern behind Nazareth, [57].
Taverns, use of word, [30];
in Southern colonies, [30] et seq.;
establishment of laws about, [31], [34-35];
prices at, [31], [42], [118], [177-178];
names of rooms in, [17];
in New Netherlands, [33] et seq.;
names of, [35];
as war rendezvous, [172];
as auction rooms, [197];
as business exchanges, [198];
as insurance offices, [198];
as jails, [212], [303];
on Albany Turnpike, [235];
in Scotland, [283].
Also see names of Towns and Ordinaries.
Taylor, M. M., milestone of, [351];
tavern of, [352].
Taylor, the Water Poet, quoted, [255].
Taylorsville, Penn., bridge sign-board at, [239].
Teamsters, [249].
Thackeray, W. M., cited, [322].
Thief Detecting Societies, [393].
Thieves, band of, [388] et seq.
Thomas’ Exchange Coffee-house, [300].
Thorburn, Grant, quoted, [72-73], [362-363].
Three Broiled Chickens, [183].
Three Crowns, Lancaster, Penn., [143-144].
Three Jolly Sailors, [158].
Three Loggerheads, [142].
Throat-lashing, [327].
Tipping, [326].
Tippling-houses, [31].
Tithing-man, duties of, [9].
Tobacco, restrictions on use of, [12-13];
as payment, [31];
drawers for, [45].
Toby Fillpots, [134].
Todd, Margaret, [40].
Todd, Robert, [39-40].
Toddy, derivation of word, [39-40];
made of rum, [104];
price of, [178].
Toddy-stick, description of, [114].
Toll-boards, [237], [238].
Toll-gates, on Mohawk Turnpike, [237].
Tolls, rates of [237-238];
commuted, [298].
Tontine Association, [37].
Topsfield Bridge, [356].
“Towelling,” [327].
Transportation, by water, [241];
on horse-back, [241] et seq.
Travelling-bags, [331].
Trenton, N. J., tavern fare at, [83], [84];
bridge at, [230].
Trout, boiled, [89].
Troy coaches, [269].
Trunks, old time, [330].
Tryer, on punch, [114].
“Tuck-a-nuck,” [317].
Tufts, Henry, story of, [375] et seq.
Turkey-shoot, [207-209].
Turnpikes, [231] et seq., [297] et seq.;
in Scotland, [284], [297];
profits on, [297];
desertion of, [297].
Turnspit dogs, [55-56].
Turtle, as gifts, [90].
Turtle-feasts, [90].
Tuttle, Sarah, love-making of, [216-217].
Twining, Thomas, quoted, [263], [326], [367].
Twist, slang term, [142].
Twitchell, Ginery, career of, [301] et seq.;
coach of, [303];
description of, [304];
makes election returns, [304];
obtains mail contracts, [305].
Tyler, Royall, [207].
Union Place Hotel, New York, fare at, [88].
Vardy, Luke, [204].
Veazie Road, [286].
Vendues, at coffee-houses, [49], [197];
at taverns, [219];
of thieves, [220];
of paupers, [221] et seq.
Victuallyng-house, [2].
Virginia, ordinaries in, [30] et seq.;
metheglin in, [125].
Wadsworth Inn, Springfield, [43-44].

Wagons, going to Ohio, [235] et seq.;
in England, [250];
rates on, [271];
in New England, [312-315].
Walker’s Tavern, [154], [162].
Wall decorations, [42].
Walnut tree chips, beer from, [123].
Walpole, N. H., literary life in, [205-207].
Wanmanitt, trial of, [341].
Wardwell, John, stage-coach line of, [260-261].
Wardwell, Lydia, whipped, [217].
Warning out of town, [4].
Warren, General, at tavern, [181].
Warwick, R. I., stocks at, [215];
chariot at, [258-259].
Washington bowers, [156].
Washington Crossing the Delaware, [149].
Washington, George, at Boston, [84];
farewell to army, [184];
at taverns, [195], [293], [300-301];
news of death, [278].
Washington Tavern, Lancaster, Penn., [73];
Philadelphia, Penn., [149], [154];
Westfield, Mass., [42];
Holmesburgh, Penn., [148-149];
Wilbraham, Mass., [196].
Washingtonian Reform, [127].
Watch. See [Night-watch].
Water, travel by, [241].
Water-cider, [130].
Watering-troughs, [354-356].
Waterloo Tavern, Lancaster, Penn., [143-144].
Watson, quoted, [147], [256].
Wayside Inn, [43], [180], [292], [371].
Webster, Daniel, cited, [182];
at taverns, [195-196].
Weddings, at ordinary, [5].
Weed, Thurlow, quoted, [79].
Weld, quoted, [257], [367].
Weller, Tony, quoted, [290].
Wells’ Tavern, sign-board of, [382].
West, Benjamin, sign-boards by, [143] et seq.
Westborough, Mass., tavern at, [136].
West Boston Bridge, [230].
Westfield, Mass., tavern at, [42].
Whig Tavern, [205].
Whip, of Conestoga teamsters, [248];
of stage-drivers, [334].
Whipping-post, [215-216].
Whirlicote, [253].
Whiskey, described, [258].
Whistle-belly-vengeance, [132].
White, Captain, keeps ordinary, [3].
White, George, exploits of, [390] et seq.
Whitestown mail stages, [236].
Whittier, quoted, [188].
Wickford, R. I., tavern at, [45].
Wilder, Joseph, cider of, [128].
Willet, Edward, [35].
Williams, Roger, quoted, [128].
Williams Tavern, sign-board of, [152-153].
Wilson, Richard, sign-board by, [142].
Wines, in Virginia, [32];
prices of, [88-89].
Winn, John, home of, [182] et seq.
Winn, Joseph, in Revolution, [183].
Winne, the penny-post, bravery of, [399-400].
Winter, coach travel in, [362] et seq.
Winthrop, John, on a disturbance in Boston, [10-11];
on health-drinking, [15];
quoted, [115];
pick-a-back, [224].
Winthrop, John, Jr., owns a coach, [256];
sends letters, [274].
Wolcott, Governor, apples planted by, [125].
Wolcott, Oliver, at tavern, [186].
Wolfe, General, sign-board of, [145], [211].
Wolfe Tavern, Brooklyn, Conn., [145];
Boston, Mass., [145];
Newburyport, Mass., [145];
sign-board of, [211];
bill of, [177].
Wolf-rout, [210].
Women, as tavern-keepers, [20], [40];
burned at stake, [218];
on horse-back, [226];
in stage-coaches, [369];
as highway robbers, [408];
hanged in Boston, [408].
Woodbury, Bartholomew, [351].
Woodbury Tavern, milestone at, [351].

Woodman Tavern, [155].
Woodside, sign-boards by, [148].
Woodward, James, punished, [8], [215].
Worcester, Mass., singing at, [173];
milestone in, [350-351].
Wright, Robert, punished, [8].
Wright Tavern, [179].
Yale College, cider at, [126].
Yard of Flannel, [111].
Yellow Cat, [163].
Yellow Cottage, [155-157].
York, Me., sign-board at, [172];
road at, [224].
York County, Penn., tavern rates in, [105].
Zinzendorf, Count, night-watch rhymes of, [59] et seq.

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“Mrs. Earle has made a very careful study of the details of domestic life from the earliest days of the settlement of the country. The book is sumptuously illustrated, and every famed article, such as the spinning-wheel, the foot-stone, the brass knocker on the door, and the old-time cider mill, is here presented to the eye, and faithfully pictured in words. The volume is a fascinating one, and the vast army of admirers and students of the olden days will be grateful to the author for gathering together and putting into permanent form so much accurate information concerning the homes of our ancestors.”

Literature:
“Mrs. Earle’s fidelity in study and her patient research are evident on every page of this charming book, and her pleasantly colloquial style is frequently assisted by very beautiful illustrations, both of the houses of the colonists, from the primitive cave dug-out of the hillside and made to answer for warmth and shelter, to the more comfortable log cabin, the farmstead with its adjacent buildings, and the stately mansion abiding to our own day.”

CHILD LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYS

By ALICE MORSE EARLE

Profusely Illustrated

Crown 8vo. Cloth. Gilt top. $2.50

Commercial Advertiser:
“Once more Mrs. Earle has drawn on her apparently inexhaustible store of colonial lore, and has produced another interesting book of the olden days.... Mrs. Earle’s interesting style, the accuracy of her statements, and the attractive illustrations she always supplies for her books make the volume one to be highly prized.”

Buffalo Express:
“Mrs. Alice Morse Earle performs a real historical service, and writes an interesting book. It is not a compilation from, or condensation of, previous books, but the fruit of personal and original investigation into the conditions of life in the American colonies.”

American Hebrew:
“Alice Morse Earle has written much to place us in intimate knowledge with the life of old America. The most charming volume of all, however, is her latest, ‘Child Life in Colonial Days.’”

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Images have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to a nearby paragraph break.

The text in the list of illustrations and in the internal links is presented as in the original text, but the links navigate to the page number closest to the illustration’s loaction in this document.