Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . vern, the most noted in Hartford,was called the Bunch of Grapes from itscarved sign bearing that device. It stoodat or near the point of intersection of Asy-lum street with the west side of Main street. M. de Chastellux, who visited the houseduring the Revolutionary War, commentedon it as ^a very good inn; kept by , who is accused of being rather on theother side of the question; a polite methodof designating a tory. The punctiliousness with which Wash-ington f
Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . vern, the most noted in Hartford,was called the Bunch of Grapes from itscarved sign bearing that device. It stoodat or near the point of intersection of Asy-lum street with the west side of Main street. M. de Chastellux, who visited the houseduring the Revolutionary War, commentedon it as ^a very good inn; kept by , who is accused of being rather on theother side of the question; a polite methodof designating a tory. The punctiliousness with which Wash-ington fulfilled all his engagements in thecourse of this triumphal tour is very im-pressive. Occasionally, of course, theweather interfered with plans made butwhen such was the case we find the mattercarefully explained in the Diary. Accord-ingly there is recorded on Wednesday, Oc-tober 21, By promise I was to have Break-fasted at Mr. Ellsworths at Windsor, onmy way to Springfield, but the morningproving very wet, and the rain not ceasingtill past ten oclock, I did not set out untilhalf after that hour; I called, however, on 156. Taverns That Entertained Washington Mr. Ellsworth and stayd there near an hour— reached Springfield by 4 oclock, andwhile dinner was getting, examined the Con-tinental Stores at this place. A CoK Worth-ington, Colo. Williams, Adjutant General ofthe State of Massachusetts, Gen. Shepherd,Mr. Lyman and many other Gentlemen satan hour or two with me in the evening atParsons Tavern, where I lodged, and whichis a good House. Until ten years ago this building stood atthe west end of Court street though sadlyshorn of its barns, sheds and dance-hall, allof which were prominent features in Wash-ingtons day. At that time it was a huge,rambling, unpainted structure with a loftywing, which, when afterwards detached, wascalled the light-house. Zenas Parsonswas succeeded as landlord by Eleazer Will-iams and when James Monroe came toSpringfield, early in his presidency, he
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