Drake treats the tavern as a civic institution and walks through the inns of old Boston one by one: Cole’s Inn, the Hancock Tavern, the Crown Coffee House, the Royal Exchange and the Bakers’ Arms, among others. Their landlords, guests, signboards and clubs bring the town’s social and political life from the Puritan years to the Revolution into view.
This illustrated edition adds material from Walter Kendall Watkins, a rewarding find for readers of Boston and colonial history. Download the free EPUB.