This institution ranked second only to the meeting-house; for the tavern of those days was generally the centre of news, and the gathering-place for balls, musical entertainments, public shows, &c.; and this particular tavern had special claims to notice.
— from Peter Parley's Own Story From the Personal Narrative of the Late Samuel G. Goodrich, ("Peter Parley") by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
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