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| PREFACE | [xv] |
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| [I] DUTCH TAVERNS | [1] |
| Indian Trade—First Settlement—Purchase of Manhattan Island—PopularTaverns in New Amsterdam—Sunday Closing Under Stuyvesant—Dutch Festivities |
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| [II] NEW YORK AND THE PIRATES | [37] |
| The English Conquest—Horse Races—Regulations for Innkeepers—FirstMerchants’ Exchange—Famous Taverns of the Period—Early Buccaneers andTheir Relations with Government Officials—Efforts of the Earl of Bellomont to Restrain Piracy |
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| [III] THE COFFEE HOUSE | [65] |
| An Exciting Election in 1701—Popularity of the Coffee House—Aftermathof the Leisler Troubles—Political Agitation under LordCornbury—Trials of Nicholas Bayard and Roger Baker—Conferencesat the Coffee House—Festivals under the English Rule—Official Meetings in Taverns and Coffee Houses |
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| [IV] THE BLACK HORSE | [91] |
| The Black Horse Tavern, Scene of Many Political Conferences inthe Early Eighteenth Century—Rip Van Dam and Governor Cosby—LewisMorris’ Campaign—Zenger’s Victory for Liberty ofthe Press—Old New York Inns—Privateering—The Negro Plot |
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| [V] THE MERCHANTS’ COFFEE HOUSE | [127] |
| The Slave Market, Later the Meal Market—The Merchants’ CoffeeHouse, Famous for More than Half a Century—Clubs ofColonial New York—The Merchants’ Exchange—Charter ofKing’s College, Now Columbia University—French and IndianWar—The Assembly Balls—The Press Gang—Some Old Inns—Surrender of Fort Washington |
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| [VI] TAVERN SIGNS | [167] |
| Doctor Johnson on the Comforts of an Inn—Landlords of the Olden Time—Some CuriousTavern Signs—Intemperance in the Eighteenth Century—Sports and Amusements |
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| [VII] THE KING’S ARMS | [191] |
| The Crown and Thistle, Meeting Place of St. Andrew’s Society and Later Called the King’sHead—The King’s Arms, Formerly the Exchange Coffee House and the Gentlemen’s Coffee House—Broadwayof the Eighteenth Century—The Stamp Act and the Non-Importation Agreement—The Liberty Pole—Recreation Gardens |
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| [VIII] HAMPDEN HALL | [227] |
| The Queen’s Head Tavern, Where Was Organized the New York Chamber of Commerce—Pre-RevolutionaryExcitement—Battle of Golden Hill—Hampden Hall, Meeting Place of the Sonsof Liberty and Attacked by the British—List of Members of theSocial Club, 1775—Other Clubs and Societies of the Period—TheMoot, a Lawyers’ Club and Its Charter Members—The Tax onTea, Committee of Correspondence and Outbreak of the Revolution |
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| [IX] THE PROVINCE ARMS | [271] |
| The Continental Congress—Marinus Willett’s Seizure ofArms—Flight of the Tories—Happenings at the Coffee House—TheProvince Arms, Resort of British Officers—Other Taverns—TheTheatre Royal—Sports—The Refugee Club—Social Affairs Under the British Occupation |
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| [X] FRAUNCES’ TAVERN | [307] |
| The Treaty of Peace—Celebration Dinners at Sam Fraunces’House and Other Taverns—Evacuation of New York—Washington’sFarewell to His Officers, at Fraunces’ Tavern, 1783—FirstNew York Bank—Re-organization of Chamber of Commerce—Social,Philanthropic, and Learned Societies of the Day—TheCincinnati—The New Constitution—Washington’sInauguration—Sam Fraunces, Steward of the President |
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| [XI] THE TONTINE COFFEE HOUSE | [351] |
| The Tammany Society—Tontine Coffee House Founded by ProminentNew York Merchants—New York Stock Exchange in the Tontine—Marriner’s Tavern,Later Called the Roger Morris House and the Jumel Mansion—The TammanyWigwam—Brillât-Savarin in New York |
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| [XII] THE CITY HOTEL | [385] |
| Club Life After the Revolution—The City Hotel and the AssemblyBalls—Musical Societies—Second Hudson Centennial, 1809—St.Andrew’s Society Dinners and Other Feasts—Tea Gardens—TheEmbargo of 1807—Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen—NewEngland Society—Political Associations—Tammany Hall—The Battery—The Ugly Club |
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| [XIII] THE SHAKESPEARE TAVERN | [417] |
| The War of 1812—Dinner to Naval Victors at the CityHotel—Dinners to Captain Lawrence, General Harrison, CommodoresBainbridge and Perry—News of Peace—The Shakespeare Tavern,a Musical and Literary Centre—Cradle of the Seventh Regiment—ANew York Inn Comparable to London’s “Mermaid Tavern” and “Turk’s Head”—Visitsof Monroe and Jackson—The Erie Canal—First New York Savings Bank—The Price-Wilson Duel |
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| [XIV] ROAD HOUSES | [445] |
| Prejudice Against Dancing—Balls—Debates and Lectures—TheCity Hotel—Niblo’s Garden—Road Houses—TrottingMatches—Upper Third Avenue—Suburban Drives and Taverns—Lafayette’sVisit—Clubs—End of City Hotel—Era of Hotels |
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| INDEX | [481] |