Partially printed, partly manuscript Tavern License for the City of New York in the Year 1790.

Published by New York, 1790

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Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society

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Partially printed, partially manuscript Tavern License reads in part` "Whereas William Allen [on the third day of March, 1790] hath obtained a Licence (sic) to keep an Inn or Tavern for retailing strong or spirituous Liquors in his dwelling-House. Now, the Condition of this Recognizance is such, That if the said William Allen do not, during the Time that he shall keep an Inn or Tavern, keep a disorderly Inn or Tavern, or suffer or permit and Cock-fighting, Gaming, or Playing with Cards or dice, or keep any Billiard-Table, or other gaming table, or Shuffle-Board, within the Inn or Tavern by him to be kept, or within any Out-House, Yard or Garden belonging thereunto; then this Recognizance to be void, else to remain in full Force. Taken and acknowledged the day and Year above written, Before me, [signed] Richard Varick .(Varick was mayor of New York from 1789 to 1800. The recipient William Allen was presumably a member of General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen as listed in the 1786 New York Directory. Old partially prophylactic tape repairs to the three folds (see image 2).…

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Title
Partially printed, partly manuscript Tavern License for the City of New York in the Year 1790.
Author
Richard Varick [William Allen]
Publisher
New York
Publication year
1790
Condition
Very Good
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William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society

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We have a large, nicely furnished shop with rolling ladders on 16 ft by 90 ft bookcases just a couple miles from both the Florida Turnpike & I 95 exits, or on the net at oldfloridabookshop.com.

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