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Early Taverns in Southwest Virignia
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness has been produced, as by a good tavern or inn. Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1776. There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn; a tavern chair is the throne of human felicity. Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1776




  1. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 1989. A Study of taverns of Virginia in the eighteenth-century with special emphasis on taverns of Williamsburg. [Williamsburg, Va.]: Dept. of Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
  2. The Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg.
  3. Earle, Alice Morse. 1900. Stage-coach and tavern days. New York: Macmillan Co.
  4. Wandell, Samuel H. 1888. The law of inns, hotels and boarding houses: a treatise upon the relation of host and guest. Rochester, N.Y.: Williamson & Higbie.
  5. McDonald, James Joseph, and J. A. C. Chandler. 1907. Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous stories. Norfolk, Va: Old Virginia Pub. Co.