Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . ss oration. And on thisoccasion he journeyed up into New Hamp-shire and was entertained at Dunbarton bythe son of General Stark. In nearby Hop-kinton (N. H.) he held a public receptionin front of the Wiggin Tavern and wasgreeted, no doubt, by a large number of thetowns citizens. Yet the only data that hascome down to us about the day comes froman entry made by Miss Betsey P. Eaton,afterwards Mrs. Brockway, in her schooldictionary: June 22, 1825. Keeping schoolin this
Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . ss oration. And on thisoccasion he journeyed up into New Hamp-shire and was entertained at Dunbarton bythe son of General Stark. In nearby Hop-kinton (N. H.) he held a public receptionin front of the Wiggin Tavern and wasgreeted, no doubt, by a large number of thetowns citizens. Yet the only data that hascome down to us about the day comes froman entry made by Miss Betsey P. Eaton,afterwards Mrs. Brockway, in her schooldictionary: June 22, 1825. Keeping schoolin this village this summer, and EsquireChase called at the door saying LAFAY-ETTE was here, and wished me to dismissthe school that we might all have the pleas-ure of shaking hands with so distinguisheda personage. His aids were Ignatius Sar-gent and Peter C. Brooks, citizens of Bos-ton. To this time in our history, though in noway connected with Lafayette, belong sev-eral well-preserved Maine taverns of his-toric and staging interest. First placeamong these will undoubtedly be accordedto the house in Freeport, in which were 366. WIGGIN TAVERN, HOPKINTON When Lafayette Came Back signed the final papers separating Mainefrom Massachusetts. Built about a centuryand a quarter ago for Dr. John Hyde, asuccessful physician of that day, the housewas afterwards sold to a landlord who madeit famous as the Jameson Tavern. It wasone of the principal stopping-places betweenBoston and Bangor, and many well-knownmen timed their journeys down-east sothat they might enjoy the comfortable beds,good cuisine and excellent liquor this innoffered. For in those days Maine was nota prohibition district and the Jameson Tav-ern displayed a roomy bar in what is nowthe kitchen of Mrs. Charles Cushings pri-vate residence. The thing that chiefly distinguishes thishouse, however, is the fact that in its frontnortheast room there met in 1820 the com-missioners who were empowered to makeMaine a state. The representat
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