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CATALOG NUMBER V 1738 A
OBJECT NAME Account
DATE November 1785 to August 14, 1786
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt (I?)
RECIPIENT Talmage Hall
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mr. Bateman, “3 Ladies”, “your brother”, Mrs. Van Cortlandt,
PLACES Morris-Jumel Mansion
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The house became a tavern in 1785,[97][99] a capacity in which it served for about two years.[40][100] Talmage Hall operated the tavern,[94][99][101][f] which was known as Calumet Hall.[102] The tavern was a popular stop along the Albany Post Road,[23][17] since it was the first tavern travelers saw after leaving New York City.[85][103] Contemporary advertisements promoted the fact that the tavern was in the Morrises' old house[104] and the presence of stagecoach service to Upstate New York and New England.[96] One observer was quoted in the New York Times as saying that the mansion was suitable for both temporary and permanent visitors and characterized the house's octagonal parlor room as being "very happily calculated for a turtle party".[99] Hall had been forced to sell the tavern by June 1788.[103]
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General Cortland in a/c with Talmage Hall —- DrTranscriber
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