Taverns

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Owney Geoghegan, Tiger in the Snow [published January 25, 1885]

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Owney Geoghegan has handed in his chips. I was...

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The First “Wickedest Man in New York” [published Feb. 10, 1884]

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The recent efforts of old Mr. Gibbs, the...

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Old Coffee-Houses of New York [published Sep 17, 1882]

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There are no more coffee-houses–at least, no coffee...

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Along Prince Street: The Astors, Tattersalls, Harry Felter’s [published May 27, 1883]

jpkntz December 30, 2023

Passin’ along Prince street and Broadway the other...

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Memories of Old New York and Two Notorious Women [published Aug. 5, 1883]

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I met old Mark Taylor the other day...

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Honest John Kelly’s Early Pugnatiousness [published May 24, 1885]

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Everybody knows everythin’ about John Kelly as a...

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Downfall of the Westcott Heirs [published June 22, 1884]

jpkntz September 27, 2023

Goin’ down Broadway recently I passed the site...

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How Sandy Spencer Got to New York [published May 3, 1885]

jpkntz August 25, 2023

Sandy Spencer is dead, and the papers have...

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Old 18th Century Hotels, Coffee Houses, Taverns [published July 5, 1885]

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“I see you have been tellin’ us about...

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Stories of the Shakespeare Tavern [published Sep. 24, 1882]

jpkntz July 31, 2023

Passin’ the southwest corner of Fulton and Nassau...