October 21, 1747–Tavern Sold at Auction
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 16 Oct 1746, Sun • Page 4 Sold out of James Trego’s estate. Mentions tavern has been a good business for 30 years on a 94 acre […]
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May 12th, 1764 — Tavern and Land Sold at Public Auction
Ms. Joanne Parandjuk was kind enough to send me a little tidbit on our Tavern. The little tidbit is a big deal and sheds light on ownership of the tavern in the […]
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Freemason Lodge No. 50, A.V.M.
The history of Freemasons in Chester County starts with Philadelphia Lodge 2, to Valley Force Lodge 8, to the “first Lodge to meet in” Chester Lodge No. 50. Lodge 50 met at […]
Read morePolling Place in Support of a New PA Government and Creating Our Nation
On July 8th, 1776, the citizens of PA voted for delegates to frame a new state government. The new government was necessary after PA delegates at the Provincial Conference earlier voted to […]
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Gen. Smallwood lay at the White Horse
I haven’t found a copy of the actual handwritten notes by Captain Thomas Buchanan. Our Inn is west of Paoli. At the affair of Paoli, in the fall of 1777, I was […]
Read moreBattle of White Horse Tavern–The Gamble of Washington and Howe
Historian Gary Ecelbarge argues an intriguing view backed up by many sources of the gamesmanship and gambles taken by Washington and Howe, and won by Washington, in his article titled “Aggressive-Minded Gamblers: […]
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Scene Of Indian Fight
[Taken from 1954 Main Line Times Article citing notes of Mrs. L. Carstairs Pierce] In 1727 a group of passing Indians shot and killed Richard Thomas’ cow there under the misapprehension it […]
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