Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . ees. Thehouse is very handsome and well furnished,and everything breathes that air of magnifi-cence, accompanied with simplicity, whichis only to be found amongst merchants. The evening passed rapidly by the aidof agreeable conversation and a few glassesof punch. The ladies we found assembledwere Mrs. Tracy, her two sisters, and theircousin. Miss Lee. Mrs. Tracy has an agree-able and a sensible countenance and her man-ners correspond with her appearance. Atten oclock
Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . ees. Thehouse is very handsome and well furnished,and everything breathes that air of magnifi-cence, accompanied with simplicity, whichis only to be found amongst merchants. The evening passed rapidly by the aidof agreeable conversation and a few glassesof punch. The ladies we found assembledwere Mrs. Tracy, her two sisters, and theircousin. Miss Lee. Mrs. Tracy has an agree-able and a sensible countenance and her man-ners correspond with her appearance. Atten oclock an excellent supper was served;we drank good wine. Miss Lee sung, andprevailed on Messieurs de Vaudreuil andTaleyrand to sing also. Towards midnightthe ladies withdrew but we continued drink-ing Maderia and Xery. Mr. Tracy, accord-ing to the custom of the country, offered uspipes, which were accepted by M. de Taley-rand and M. de Montesquieu, the conse-quence of which was that they became intox-icated and were led home, where they werehappy to get to bed. As to myself, I re-mained perfectly cool, and continued to con- 258. RESPECTFULLY LNFOHM vmi PlIUJC, liat they hav^put ui compffh <(/)tiir fhni udikiwwTAVEfiN Forfiurty kept (ix M iKwKMri rSIGN OF XEWB V ilVPO liT. hi ,? hdfi Iff//, //.. NOTICE OF PRINCE STETSON REGARDING HIS TAKINGCHARGE OF THE WOLFE TAVERN Old Tavern Days in Newbury verse on trade and politics with Mr. Tracywho interested me greatly with an accountof all the vicissitudes of his fortune sincethe beginning of the war. ... I left New-buryport the thirteenth at ten in the morn-ing and often stopped before I lost sightof this pretty little town. Apparently thissprig of the French nobility found the WolfeTavern a house to make one regretful at leav-ing. In 1804, Thomas Perkins, who had forsome years served at the old stand underMoses Davenport, was licensed as an inn-holder and assumed control of the Tavernon his own account. By 1807, Stetson is
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