To William Davenport Old Tenor
To 3 Double Bowls punch by Capt. Robud’s Order £3,7,6
To 7 Double Bowls of punch 7,7,6
To Double Bowl of Egg Toddy 14
To Double Punch 22/6 Single bowl 11/3 1,13,9
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6 Double bowl toddy 12/ 1,14,6
To Bowl Punch 11/3 Bowl Toddy 6/ 17,3
To Double Bowl Toddy 12/ bowl punch 11/3 1,3,3
To Double Bowl punch 22/6 Nip Toddy 3/ 1,5,6
To Mug Flip 5/ To a Thrible Bowl Punch 33/9 1,18,9
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6 To a Thrible Bowl Ditto 33/9 2,16,3
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6 1,2,6
To a Double Bowl Punch 22/6 1,2,6
To Thrible Bowl Punch 33/9 Double Bowl Ditto 22/6 2,16,3
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6 Bowl Ditto 11/3 1,13,9
To Double Bowl Punch 22/6 To Double Ditto 22/6 Bowl 2,5
To 6 Lemons 15/ To Bowl of Punch 11/3 1,6,3
To 2 Double Bowls Punch 2,5
To Double Bowle Punch 22/6 bowl Punch 11/3 1,13,9
To 2 Double Bowles punch 1/5 To bowl punch 11/3 2,16,3
To bowl Punch 11/3 To bowl punch 11/3 1,2,6
To the Suppers which were cooked Hot 2,5
To 8 Double Bowles Punch after Supper 9
To Double Bowl Toddy 12/ Bowl Punch 11/3 1,2,6
To Bowl Egg Toddy 7/ 7
To 6 pintes and 1/2 of Spirits @ 10/ per pint 3,5
To a Breakfast of Coffee for Sd Company 2,5
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59,17,3
Lawful Money 7,19,7½

Newbury Port 28 Sept. 1765.
Errors excepted William Davenport.”

Handbill of Wolfe Tavern.

There was also a credit account of eleven pounds received in various sums from Captain Robud, Richard Farrow, and one Celeby.

It is impossible to do more than to name, almost at haphazard, a few of the taverns that had some share in scenes of Revolutionary struggle. Many served as court-rooms when court-martials were held; others were seized for military prisons; others were fired upon; others served as barracks; some as officers’ headquarters; others held secret meetings of patriots; many were used as hospitals.

Many an old tavern is still standing which saw these scenes in the Revolutionary War. A splendid group of these hale and hearty old veterans is found in the rural towns near Boston. At the Wright Tavern, in Concord (shown on [page 417]), lodged Major Pitcairn, the British commander, and in the parlor on the morning before the battle of Concord, he stirred his glass of brandy with his bloody finger, saying he would thus stir the rebel’s blood before night. The Monroe Tavern, of Lexington (facing [page 406]), was the headquarters of Lord Percy on the famous 19th of April, 1775. The Buckman Tavern, of the same town ([page 23]), was the rallying place of the Minute Men on April 18th, and contains many a bullet hole made by the shots of British soldiers. The Cooper Tavern ([page 68]) and the Russel Tavern ([page 379]), both of Arlington, were also scenes of activity and participation in the war. The Wayside Inn of Sudbury ([page 372]) and the Black Horse Tavern of Winchester were the scenes of the reassembling of the soldiers after the battle of Lexington.

Sign-board of
Wolfe Tavern.

On the south side of Faneuil Hall Square in Boston, a narrow passageway leads into the gloomy recesses of a yard or court of irregular shape; this is Corn Court, and in the middle of this court stands, overshadowed by tall modern neighbors, the oldest inn in Boston. It has been raised and added to, and disfigured with vast painted signs, and hideous fire escapes, but within still retains its taproom and ancient appearance. As early as 1634, Samuel Cole had an ordinary on this spot, and in 1636, Governor Vane entertained there Miantonomah and his twenty warriors. This building, built nearly two centuries ago, was given the name of Hancock in 1780, when he became governor. In 1794, Talleyrand was a guest at this old hostelry, and Louis Philippe in 1797. Washington, Franklin, and scores of other patriots have tarried within its walls; and in its taproom were held meetings of the historic Boston Tea-party.