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Title: Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Crawford, Mary Caroline, 1874-1932
Subjects: Hotels
Publisher: Boston, L. C. Page & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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he would speak to the General/ he pushed throughthe crowd and thrusting out his hand, criedexcitedly, General, how do you do? Apparently Washington recognized thevoice for, turning quickly, he grasped theoutstretched hand and, quietly slipping agold-piece into it, said, Bart, is this you?Good-bye, good-bye. From Haverhill the distinguished partyjourneyed to Abbots tavern in Andover,where we breakfasted, and met with muchattention from Mr. Phillips, President ofthe Senate of Massachusetts, who accom-panied us through ... to Lexington whereI dined, and viewed the spot on which thefirst blood was spilt in the dispute withGreat Britain, on the 19th of April, 1775.Here I parted with Mr. Phillips and pro-ceeded on to Watertown. . . . We lodgedin this place at the house of a Widow Cool-idge near the Bridge, and a very indifferentone it is. The Andover tavern was excel-lent, however, and there is a very prettystory of Washingtons stay there. His rid-ing-glove had again become torn and he 182
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Taverns That Entertained Washington asked his landlords little daughter to mendit for him. This she did so neatly that,when she returned the glove, Washingtontook her upon his knee and gave her a kiss.Which so elated Miss Priscilla Abbott thatshe would not allow her face to be washedagain for a week! This old tavern, long theresidence of Samuel Locke, is still standing,and is in an excellent state of preservationthough no longer used for the entertainmentof the public. Needham, Sherburn, Holliston, Milfordand Menden were the places next along theroute, and by the end of this day (Novem-ber 6) the party has reached Tafts at Ux-bridge, having travelled thirty-six miles.Tafts inn made a very good impressionupon the President; we find him writing,the day after his stay there, this character-istic letter to the proprietor: Hartford 8 November, 1789 Sir — Being informed that you havegiven my name to one of your sons, andcalled another after Mrs. Washingtons fam-ily, and being, moreover, v

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