One "tavern" important to American History was the Roe Tavern in
Setauket, NY, on the north shore of Long Island. After the American
Revolution, George Washington stopped and stayed there before
continuing on in his documented tour of Long Island (of which he kept
a diary, which can be an interesting source of information for some
property research for historical; investigation) The proprietor,
Nathaniel Roe, was part of Washington's spy network in Setauket, which
was a Tory center of activity, as ships and information arrived there
and on the road. Roe was credited in getting the information to
Washington, I think in Fairfield, CT then, carried by horseback
through NYC, in saving the revolutionary cause in Providence, Rhode
Island. Unfortunately, when Mr. Roe mounted his horse following the
night in which "Washington slept there" he slipped from his horse and
broke his leg, and could not continue the tour. He later was known as
a furniture and cabinet maker in cherry wood living in East Patchogue
on Mud Creek, where I once, was part of a survey, using Sonin distance
equipment, and a Honda "bobcat" or small payloader to clear some of
the ironwood that had grown up in the horse corral. A small section of
a prehistoric site was set aside, discovered after a small piece of
"jasper" chert was discovered in a shovel test at about 1 meter in
depth, otherwise I think it would have been missed at the interval
tested. Very tick infested area back when awareness was just becoming
public. A National Geographic photographer died out on the "East End"
from a tick bite.

George Myers


On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:46:50 -0700, sharon buford
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I use the word tavern in the historical sense.
> This particular site has 4 "guest rooms" which are in
> an ell off the rear of the main building and have a
> very high level of finish.
> According to local history sources "elite farmers"
> from Lexington would stop here while in route to Cin,
> OH.
>
> I have almost come to the conclusion that I should
> make up a new word for the place.
>
> It was a tavern, in the sense that there is evidence
> that they sold "spirits", it was also an "inn" as the
> travlers were given a "room or bed" for the evening.
>
> Perhaps the word "tavrinn" would work :)
> Sharon
> --- Edward Heite <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Over and over,  I see the word "tavern" equated with
> > the modern
> > licensing term of the same spelling.  Look carefully
> > and you may find
> > that a "tavern" in historical reference is not the
> > same kind of
> > establishment as we know today.
> >
> > Under pre-prohibition laws, a tavern was a place
> > licensed to feed and
> > shelter travellers' horses, provide limited sleeping
> > facilities for
> > people, and cold meat.  It was not a place where the
> > locals went
> > nightly to quaff port.  Look at tavern petitions,
> > sales lists of
> > tavernkeepers estates, and most of all travelers
> > accounts, and you will
> > understand the inventories of archaeological tavern
> > diggings.  Over and
> > over, people remark of the paucity of glass, the
> > large number of horse
> > accoutrements, and the non-drinking merchandise.  In
> > one "tavern" site
> > the lime kiln was the most important asset, and
> > there was only one
> > bedstead.
> >
> > So, after the hard day's digging, please don't
> > recess to a "tavern,"
> > even a licensed premises with facilities for your
> > horse.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > HEITE CONSULTING
> > Camden, DE
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> > www.heite.org
> > 302-697-1789
> >
>
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