Tavern Trade in Colonial Philadelphia

Episode 002, Tavern Trade in Colonial Philadelphia, focuses on tavern-goers and establishments in the late 18th century. We discuss:

• The importance of history to Marines

• How the tavern trade started in the colonies

• Popularity of taverns in Philadelphia

• Benjamin Franklin and his thoughts of voluntary associations

• City Tavern

• William Penn’s thoughts on the tavern trade

This episode ends by introducing Samuel and Joshua Carpenter, influential men who will play a significant role in developing Philadelphia and who will eventually build Tun Tavern.

References:

• Free:

  • History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 – John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott

  • The Drinker’s Dictionary, The Pennsylvania Gazette, January 13, 1736/7

• Amazon

Rum Punch & Revolution: Taverngoing & Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia

Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)