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Notes
Inns of Lancaster, Pa. mentioned on p. 157-161.
Bibliography: p. 311-315.
Contents
Chapters: Inns from New York City to Springfield, Massachusetts /// From Springfield To Boston, Deerfield and Hadley /// Taverns In and Near Boston /// Another Route From New York To New Haven And On To Rhode Island /// Old Inns of New Hampshire and Vermont /// A Few Old Maine Inns /// Long Island, Staten Island , and New Jersey Inns /// Pennsylvania Inns /// Old Inns of Philadelphia and Vicinity /// Other Pennsylvania Inns /// Delaware and Maryland Inns /// Old Southern Ordinaries /// Inns In Ohio and Erie County /// Inns of New York State /// Some Middlewest Inns /// Kentucky and Missouri Inns with One In Kansas
Egle lists the names of tavern owners. At that time, present day Dauphin and Lebanon counties were still part of Lancaster County. He also comments that such men were sometimes disabled veterans of the American Revolution and the pursuit of this profession was deemed honorable.