Old Taverns of New York

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PREFACE	xv

I DUTCH TAVERNS	1
Indian Trade—First Settlement—Purchase of Manhattan Island—PopularTaverns in New Amsterdam—Sunday Closing Under Stuyvesant—Dutch Festivities

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

III THE COFFEE HOUSE	65
An Exciting Election in 1701—Popularity of the Coffee House—Aftermathof the Leisler Troubles—Political Agitation under Lord[Pg vi]Cornbury—Trials of Nicholas Bayard and Roger Baker—Conferencesat the Coffee House—Festivals under the English Rule—Official Meetings in Taverns and Coffee Houses

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

V THE MERCHANTS’ COFFEE HOUSE	127
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