Colonial Williamsburg Digital Library

Raleigh Tavern
Block 17, Colonial Lot 54

Richard Bland of Prince George county obtained a grant to lot #54 in 1708. He evidently met the legal requirement of building a house [the minimum size of which must be 20' X 30'] within two years for the deed was recorded in his name on July 16, 1716. This record definitely establishes the fact that a house was built on the lot by 1710, and that Bland was still the owner in 1716. The deed [in abstract] reads:

Trustees of the City of Williamsburg
to
Bland, Richard of Prince George County
Consideration: 30 shillings

August 3, 1708

Two certain lots of land in the city of Williamsburg denoted in the plat of the said city by the figures 53 and 54 with all woods thereon growing or being together with all Profits, Commodities, Privileges, Advantages & Appurtenances.

Shall begin to build within the space of 24 months upon each of said lots one or more Good dwelling houses according to an Act of Assembly 1699.

[York County Records - Deeds & Bonds - Book III, p. 128]

In the period between 1716 and 1742, no title to this property or any type of information about it has come to light. This makes a serious gap, as it appears to have become a tavern about this time. The only basis found for Lyon G. Tyler's statement in Williamsburg, p. 232, that Archibald Blair owned the property is the fact that the latter's executor, John Blair [Ibid. - Wills, Inventories - Book XVIII, p. 202, June 16, 1735] had the right to dispose of lot #54.

It will be noted in the next deed that John Blair deeded the property "in Trust and to and for such uses and purposes as the Company of the 2 Subscription Ordinary" should direct. The deed follows:

November 12, 1742

Blair, John - Esq.
to
Dixon, John
Meade, David
Barclay, Patrick
McKenzie, Alexander
Murray, James - Merchants of the Colony of Virginia

Consideration: 250 Pounds Current Money.

...all that Messuage Tenement and Lot of ground lying & being on the North side of Duke of Gloucester Street in the City of Wmsburgh aforesd now in the possession of Henry Wetherburne--Ordinary Keeper, with all houses, Out-houses Building's Gardens Orchards ways Passages Easments profits & Commodities to the said Messuage & Lot of ground belonging...he, the said John Blair at the time of Ensealing and delivery of these presents is and stands Seized of and in the messuage Tenement and Lot aforesaid and other the above bargain'd premises - with the Appurtenances of a good Sure absolute and indefeasable Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple...And it is hereby agreed and declared by & between all the parties to these presents that the premises hereby sold and Convey'd shall be in Trust and to and for such uses and purposes as the Company of the Subscription Ordinary of which the said John Dixon David Meade Patrick Barclay Alexander McKenzie and James Murray are Members or any five or more of them shall from time to time direct and appoint and shall be so convey'd.

[Ibid. - Deeds - Book V, p. 30, recorded Dec. 20, 1742.]

It has been assumed by writers on Williamsburg that Wetherburn was keeper of the Raleigh Tavern in 1736 when his drinks had won such a reputation that his "biggest Bowl of Arrack Punch" was all that was necessary to seal a grant from William Randolph to Peter Jefferson of 200 acres of Goochland County land. [Goochland County Records, May 18, 1736] This assumption seems a most reasonable one but so far no record to prove it has been found. The facts about Wetherburn are as follows: Wetherburn obtained a license, recorded in York County Court, as keeper of an ordinary on August 16, 1731. [York County Records - Orders, Wills, Book XVII] No statement as to its location 3 has been found. In 1731, he is shown as the husband of Mary, widow of Henry Bowcock who was a Williamsburg innkeeper. [Ibid., pp. 184, 191] Wetherburn advertised for a lost coffin-shaped snuff box marked "H B¹ 1734" in 1738, and requested the finder to bring it to him in Williamsburg. [Virginia Gazette, Parks, September 8, 1738] He obtained a license to keep an ordinary "at his house in Williamsburg" on March 17, 1739. [York County Records - Wills, Inventories - Book XVIII, p. 589] It is only in the deed of 1742, quoted above, that his name is definitely connected with the house which, by later records, is proven to be the Raleigh. Whether or not he remained at lot #54 after the Company took it over cannot be established. By January 23, 1745/46, he was apparently living at lot #22. [See Bland-Wetherburn House report.]

The earliest recorded use^* yet found of the name "Raleigh" is a notice in the Virginia Gazette (Parks) of a meeting of the proprietors of the tavern. The notice reads:

May 15, 1746

NOTICE is hereby given to the Proprietors of the RALEIGH Tavern in Williamsburg, that there will be a Meeting on Wednesday the 11th of June next, when they are desired to be present. All Persons indebted to the said Tavern, by Subscription or otherwise, are desired to settle their Accounts before that Time, to prevent Trouble.
David Jameson.

Subscriptions to the Raleigh may have been for the purpose of building, or repairs, or additions, or perhaps only for profits. There is 4 evidence from the Ledgers of Francis Jerdone,^* merchant at Yorktown, that the latter had accounts with the proprietors of the Raleigh in 1751. Just what the relationship between the proprietors and the innkeeper, Alexander Finnie, was during these years cannot be established. Finnie bought or leased the tavern in 1749, and recorded his deed in the General Court. [York County Records - Deeds - Book V, p. 493. The deed containing a reference to Finnie's purchase in 1749 will be quoted elsewhere.]

In 1751, Finnie bought 20 acres on the northern edge of town. This property came to be used for stabling and pasturage and was referred to as the "Raleigh lot." The deed reads:

December 14, 1751

Anderson, Andrew - Wig maker
Mary, his wife - 1st part.
and
Blair, John - 2nd part (Sr. & Jr.)
and
Finnie, Alexander - Ordinary Keeper - 3rd part.

Consideration: 63 Pounds.

All that piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the Parish of Bruton, County of York, adjoining to the lots whereon the said Andrew Anderson now dwelleth, and containing by estimation 20 acres, more or less, bounded as follows: Beginning at the Beech tree standing on the West side of the Capitol Spring Branch running thence West 15 chains and 20 links along the bound of the city of Williamsburg to the corner thereof, thence North 12 chains along the town bounds do. by the Governors pasture, thence North 51 degrees East 5 chains 50 links to the run, thence North 61 ½ degrees East 4 chains to the corner of an old ditch, thence South 51 ½ degrees East 4 chains 35 links along the ditch to a stake, thence a straight line to the beginning, as by a survey made by James Shields, June 19, 1747.

[Ibid., p. 461]

The first reference yet found to the Apollo room, designated as such, was its use by a group of Indians. In his diary for the date July 27, 1751, John Blair notes: "Mr Dawson tells me the Presidt desires I will have the Indians 5 accomodated . . . I have spoke to Finnie, who offers to accomodate them with the Apollo." [William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. VIII (1), p. 9]

George Fisher, English merchant, compared the best ordinary in "Leids" with those in Williamsburg, declaring it was "as elegant in appearance, as I have seen in the country, Mr. Finnays or Wetherbernes in Williamsburg not excepted. The chairs, Tables, &c of the Room I was conducted into, was all of Mahogany, and so stuft with fine large glaized Copper Plate Prints: That I almost fancied myself in Jeffriess' or some other elegant Print Shop." [Ibid., Vol. XVII (1), p. 170]

In the summer of 1752, Finnie announced his intention of going to England before October 25, and added:

N.B. I intend to sell the Raleigh Tavern, to be enter'd on in December next. Any Person that has a Mind to purchase it privately, may apply to me between the Date thereof and the 25th of October next. [Virginia Gazette, William Hunter, July 24, 1752]

The purchasers were George Gilmer and John Chiswell. In a letter to Walter King, then in England,² Gilmer humorously wrote "Amidst the great alteration in Church & State, I must not pass over Cols Chiswell and Gilmer buying Phiney's Lot and Houses with the Raleigh head, Jack Cart lights,³ & piece of land that was Anderson's for 700£ in April last. They propose keeping it by some handy intermediate substitute..." [Dr. George Gilmer, Letter Book, 1752, from a Mss. copy made by Dr. Robert A. Brock]

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The deed conveying the property⁴ to Gilmer and Chiswell reads:

August 17, 1752

Finner, Alexander - Ordinary Keeper
Sarah, his wife
to
Chiswell, John
Gilmer, George, - Gent

Consideration: 700 Pounds lawful Money of Virginia

. . . All that Messuage Tenement and Lot of Ground lying and being on the North side of the Duke of Gloster Street in the said City of Williamsburgh commonly called and known by the name of the Raleigh Tavern which the said Alexander Finnie purchased of Alexander McKenzie John Dixon Patrick Barclay David Mead and James Murray and was conveyed to him by Indenture bearing Date the fifteenth day of June . . . in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty nine as by the said Indenture duly recorded in the General Court of this Colony relation being thereunto had may fully appear And also all Houses Outhouses Buildings Gardens Orchards Ways Profits Commodities Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the sd Messuage Tenement . . .

Memorandum that it is Mutually agreed declared and concluded between us the within named John Chiswell and George Gilmer that no benefit of Survivorship shall be had or taken by us or either of us our or either of our Heirs but that the Right Title Interest and Estate of us the said John Chiswell and George Gilmer in and to the Premises within Conveyed shall descend and go in the same manner as if we were Seised or a Sale and separate Estate any thing within contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

[York County Records - Deeds - Book V, p. 493]

Between Finnie's announcement in 1752 and the purchase of the tavern by William Trebell in 1763, the name of the "handy intermediate substitute" referred to in Gilmer's letter has not been found. Announcements in the Virginia Gazette in 1755 show that the tavern was being used for its customary purposes - auctions, ticket-selling, tavern-keeping, and lodging. Whether 7 George Gilmer's advertisement had the desired results is uncertain:

To be Lett on easy Terms,
THE Raleigh Tavern, with a fine Piece of Pasture Ground just behind it, and all its Improvements. [Ibid, December 19, 1755]

In his will, made in November, 1755, Gilmer made the following provisions for the disposition of the Raleigh:

Item. I give my part in the Raleigh with the land belonging to it to my youngest son John to him and his heirs forever.

Codicil.

I do hereby impower my Executors if they think it necessary to sell and dispose of the Real Estate given by my Will to my young son John, vizt my part in the Raleigh with the Land belonging to it . . . and to apply the money in any other purchase or as they shall Judge best for his Interest.

[York County Records - Wills, Inventories, Book XX, p. 423, Returned February 21, 1757]

In 1758, John Chiswell by a deed recorded in the General Court granted "one Moiety" of the Raleigh properties to John Robinson of King and Queen County. That deed to Robinson is the explanation for the inclusion of the latter's name in the deed to the third (known) innkeeper, William Trebell:

John Robinson, of King & Queen
John Blair, Junr Esqr}
Thomas Walker, Gentleman} Surviving Executors of George Gilmer
to
William Trebell, Ordinary-keeper
May 2, 1763
Consideration: 1000 pounds

All that messuage, tenement and lot of ground situate, lying and being on the North side of the Main Street call the Duke of Gloucester Street in the said City of Williams-burg commonly called and known by the name of the Raleigh Tavern. Also all that parcel or piece of land situate, lying and being ______ in the County of York containing 8 about twenty acres, more or less . . . which said messuage, tenement and lot of ground called the Raleigh Tavern, also the above mentioned piece or parcel of land were conveyed to the said John Chiswell and George Gilmer by the said Alexander Finnie and Sarah, his wife.

Received this second day of May 1763 of the within named William Trebell the Sum of five hundred Pounds being one Moiety of the Consideration within mentioned . . .
John Robinson

[Ibid. - Deeds - Book VI, pp. 506-507]

It was in October of that year that Jefferson danced with Belinda in the Apollo. [Letter to John Page, October 7, 1763, in The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by H. A. Washington, Vol. I, pp. 188-89]

In August, October and November, 1766, sales were announced to take place before "Mr. William Trebell's door" or "Mr. Trebell's door." There can be little doubt, thought the Raleigh was never mentioned, that these sales took place at the Raleigh. Washington frequently dined at "Mr. Trebell's" between 1763 and 1766. [John C. Fitzpatrick, George Washington, Colonial Traveller. See index for Trebell.]

In 1767, Trebell and Sarah, his wife, sold the Raleigh to Anthony Hay, cabinet-maker:

January 1, 1767

Trebell, William
Sarah, his wife
to
Hay, Anthony - Cabinet Maker

Consideration: 2000 Pounds Current Money

All that messuage, tenement and lot of ground situate lying and being on the North side of the Main Street called the Duke of Gloucester Street in the said city of Williamsburg commonly called and known by the name of Raleigh Tavern. Also all that piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the parish of Bruton the County of York, containing about 20 acres more or less and is bounded as is particularly described and expressed in a certain indenture made or mentioned to be made between Alexander Finnie of the said city of Williamsburg, 9 Ordinary Keeper and Sarah, his wife, of the one part and John Chiswell and George Gilmer of the other part.

[York County Records - Deeds - Book VII, p. 216]

During the years of Anthony Hay's keeping, the Raleigh was the scene of every type of business, social and political meeting. Washington frequently dined there. Lord Botetourt supped there with the Council. There, the Non-Importation Agreement was drawn up in 1769.

On December 4, 1770, the "Master of the Raleigh Tavern" died. He was accounted "a good citizen and honest man." [Virginia Gazette, Purdie & Dixon, December 13, 1770]

Since Hay's inventory is the only one made of personal property in the Raleigh in the eighteenth century, this document is particularly helpful in revealing the furnishings of that tavern:

January 21, 1771.

3 bedsteads 30/, 3 beds, 3 bolster, 3 pillows 200/	11/10/0
2 matts, 1 hide 6/3, 1 pine table 3/9	0/10/0
1 bedstead, 1 bed, 1 bolster, 1 pillow and matt	4/10/0
1 small looking glass 7/6, 1 old walnut table 5/	0/12/6
1 chest 10/, 1 cloathes press 20/, 11 old prints (Caesars)	2/2/0
1 bedstead and striped Holloan curtains, 1 bed, 1 bolster 1 pillow and hide	7/0/0
1 pine table	0/3/9
2 bedsteads, red striped curtains, 2 beds, 2 bolsters, 2 pillows and 2 hides	14/0/0
3 white window curtains 7/6, 1 pine table 3/9	0/11/3
2 bedsteads. 2 matts, 2 beds, 2 pillows, 2 bolsters	8/0/0
1 small looking glass 5/, 1 fender and poker 2/6, 1 pine table	0/11/3
2 bedsteads and blue check curtains, 1 hide, 2 beds, 2 bolsters 2 pillows	13/0/0
23 chamber pots and 2 basons 25/, 1 pine table 5/	1/10/0
2 bedsteads, 2 matts, 2 beds, 2 pillows, 2 bolsters, 1 pine table	7/0/0
1 bedstead, 1 bed, 1 bolster, 1 pillow, 1 walnut table 7/6	4/7/6
3 bedsteads, 2 hides, 3 beds, 3 bolsters, 3 pillows, matt,	13/0/0
1 table	0/3/9
10
2 bedsteads and curtains, 1 hide, 2 beds, 2 bolsters, pillows	14/0/0
1 looking glass 1/6, 1 pine table 3/9	0/15/3
1 bason stand, bason and bottle	0/10/0
2 bedsteads and curtains, 2 hides, 2 beds, 2 bolsters 2 pillows	12/0/0
1 bason stand and bottle 10/, 1 pine table 5/, 1 fender 2/6	0/17/6
2 bedsteads, 1 hide, 1 matt, 2 beds, a bolsters, 4 pillows	10/0/0
1 pine table	0/3/9
70 blankets,	31/10/0
11 Dutch do.	4/2/6
35 counterpanes	35/0/0
40 pair of sheets	35/0/0
37 pillow cases	3/14/0
1 glass lanthorn at the stair foot	1/0/0
6 French plate candlestick	9/0/0
16 china bowls	14/7/6
6 silver punch ladles, 4 silver salts and shovels	9/0/0
2 silver punch strainers, 1 glass lamp	2/15/0
18 wine glasses, 1 mahogany tea board 12/6	1/2/6
3 rims and castors, 4 china coffee cups	1/7/6
1 china jar, 1 milk pot, 2 china stands	0/5/9
10 china saucers and 8 cups	0/12/6
2 china butter saucers 7/6, 1 do. sugar dish	0/12/6
1 red canister 2/, 1 walnut knife box 3/9	0/5/9
63 white handled knifes 59 do forks 50/, 1 carving knife 1/3	2/11/3
2 pair of snuffers	0/3/0
1 looking glass 40/, 2 four foot square walnut tables	5/0/0
1 mahony card table 5/, 9 chairs 67/6	5/7/6
1 back gammon table 5/, 1 iron fender 5/, 1 large black jack	0/15/0
1 walnut card table 25/, 1 do. corner table 25/, 1 do. square	4/5/0
10 chairs 70, 1 fender and blower 10	4/0/0
3 large oval mahogany tables	9/0/0
1 mahogany corner do. 20/, 12 chairs 90/ 2 looking glasses	10/10/0
1 fender and poker 7/6, a parcel of brass sconces, cloak pins etc.	2/7/6
1 bedstead and curtains 160/, 1 bed, 1 bolster, 1 pillow	16/10/0
1 book case and desk 120/, 1 small walnut square table 15/	6/15/0
1 fender and poker 3/9, 1 chair 7/6, 1 looking glass 20/	1/11/3
1 gun lock 12/6, 1 pair of shoe boots	1/7/6
1 press bedstead, 1 bed, 1 bolster, 1 matt, 1 pair sheets 3 blankets	5/0/0
1 walnut desk 40/, 1 pine chest of drawers 10/ 1 beaufet 40/	4/10/0
11
44 china saucers and 17 cups 20/, 11 do. coffee cups 2/6	1/2/6
4 large china cups and saucers 8/	0/8/0
9 Queens china coffee cups and 10 do. saucers	0/5/0
2 do. milk pots, 2 do. tea pots	0/3/0
1 tin canister 20/, 2 china bowls 7/6	1/7/6
4 window curtains 12/6, 1 Japan plate warmer 10/	1/2/6
1 large scale box, scales and weights 20/, 1 fender 3/9	1/3/9
24 brass candlesticks 105/, 1 pine table 3/9, 12 wine glasses 7/6	5/16/3
3 china bowls 10/, 3 decanters 15/, 6 pair snuffers 3/9	1/8/9
2 pr. lime squeezers 3/9, 6 pewter ink stands 7/6	0/11/3
1 walnut bedstead and curtains 100/, 1 oak do. do. 80/	9/0/0
4 beds, 4 bolsters, 6 pillows 500/, 1 hide 2/6	25/2/6
1 square walnut table 25/, 6 chairs, 1 fender 12/6	0/13/6
14 coloured prints 20/, 1 mattrass 40/	3/0/0
11 small square walnut tables 260/, 2 horse shoe do. 40/	15/0/0
2 large square do. 140/, 1 large oval mahogany do. 80/	11/0/0
1 small cherry do. 10/, 2 mahogany card tables 140/	7/10/0
1 large oval walnut do. 50/, 1 mahogany card table 25/	3/15/0
1 pine press 20/, 1 billiard table 500/, 2 mahogany fire skreens 60/	29/0/0
1 book stand 2/6, 1 walnut plate tray, 1 mahogany tea do. 5/	0/7/6
33 chairs, 1 close stool do. 355/, 11 brass sconces 27/6	19/2/6
1 large fender 10/, 1 plate warmer 5/, 1 large old carpet 15/	1/10/0
3 round mahogany tea boards 17/6, 2 Venetian Blinds 15/	1/12/6
2 coffee mills 12/6, 2 new deep pewter dishes 17/6	1/10/0
4 new flat pewter dishes 26/, 15 bottles different sorts 1/3	1/7/3
3 1/2 doz. new pewter soop plates 70/, 22 flat do. 44/	5/14/0
4 tin canisters 1/3, 2 brass headed fire dogs 12/6	0/13/9
3 pots sweetmeats and syrup	2/0/0
412 peices of glass ware for pyramids etc.	15/0/0
5 bedsteads, 2 mattrasses 135/, 4 beds, 4 bolsters, 1 pillow 200/	16/15/0
2 hides, 1 matt 10/, 4 pr. window curtains 20/, 2 pine tables	1/17/6
2 bedsteads, 2 beds, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow, 1 hide	10/10/0
122 china plates	7/12/6
4 do. dishes 30/, 2 do. tart plates 5/, 6 do. butter plates	2/15/0
139 Queen china plates 57/6, 38 stone cups and saucers 5/	3/2/6
5 stone pickle shells 3/, 4 Queens china butter boats 5/	0/8/0
2 large coloured stone tea pots 1/3, 2 Queens china turin and dishes	2/16/3
2 Queens china fish strainers 5/, 5 do. sauce boats and dishes and 2 spoons 15/	1/0/0
8 do. egg cups 2/6, 1 delft sallad dish 7 ½	0/3/1 ½
12
2 Queens china fruit baskets 5/, 5 do. fruit dishes 10/	0/15/0
34 do. dishes 60/, 6 do. corner do 15/	3/15/0
3 doz. white stone plates 10/, 34 do. dishes 40/	2/10/0
67 tin tart moulds 25/, 11 pickle and other bottles 6/	1/11/0
10 butter pots 12/, 1 pair brass scales and weights 5/	0/17/0
10 brass chafing dishes 27/, 1 hand bell and tin canisters	1/19/6
2 tin kettles, 1 table bell, 4/, 11 stone tart pans 1/3	0/5/3
1 cloaths brush 1/3, 1 pine press, 1 corner cupboard 40/	2/1/3
2 pine tables	0/12/6
36 table clothes, 16 napkins	48/0/0
4 pr. brown sheets 10/, 1 delft pickle dish 1/3	0/11/3
1 new table cloth and 10 napkins not made up	5/0/0
3 large copper tea kettles 40/, 2 do. boilers 40/	4/0/0
1 do. coffee pot, 1 do chocolate pot 30/, 2 do. fish kettles	4/10/0
1 do. dripping pan 15/, 2 iron do 5/	1/0/0
2 copper Dutch ovens 40/, 4 tin do 5/, 1 do. cullinder 2/6	2/7/6
1 spice morter and pestle 5/, 2 frying pans 5/,	0/10/0
1 marble morter 7/6, 1 pr. stake tongs and 2 gridirons 15/	1/2/6
1 iron chafing dish, 2 spits 25/, 1 plate basket, 6 iron pots	4/0/0
4 pot hooks, 5 racks, 42/6, 1 pr. dogs, 2 flesh forks and 2 spit racks	4/17/6
1 pair tongs, 1 shovel, 1 jack	3/0/0
3 tin pans, 3 do. dish covers, 2 bell mettle skillets	1/5/0
4 trays, 10 washing tubs, and pails 20/	1/8/0
2 tin coffee pots, 2 pine tables, 2 copper coal skuttles	1/5/0
2 large copper kettles 240/, 1 kettle trivit, 5 flat irons	13/5/0
1 cloathes horse, 1 large pine table, 26 pewter dishes	7/10/0
10 dozen and 5 pewter plates	9/7/6
6 water plates, 2 coolers, 1 warming pan, 1 tin cistern	2/5/0
List of stock
3 bedsteads and curtains, 3 beds, 3 bolsters, 3 pillows	18/0/0
9 blankets, 3 counterpanes, 12 chairs	9/0/0
1 square walnut table, 1 walnut dressing tables	3/5/0
1 mahogany chest of drawers, 1 pr. tongs and poker	4/2/6
28 silver tea spoons and 1 pair of sugar tongs	5/0/0
22 do. table spoons	12/0/0
List of rum etc.
16 panes glass, 10 inches by 12	0/10/0
23 bottles oil, 3 brass cocks, a parcel empty casks	1/11/9
2 large iron backs, 6 butter pots	6/15/0
1 small carpet, 18 doz. maidera wine	33/3/0
List of slaves"

[York County Records - Wills, Inventories - Book XXII, p. 19]

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Hay's will had provided that all this estate be given to his executors, John Greenhow, Matthew Davenport, William Trebell and Robert Nicholson "for the sole purpose of paying" his just debts. [Ibid., Book XXI, pp. 529-30] In accordance with this clause in the will, the executors advertised the sale of the property in the columns of the Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon):

To Be SOLD, on WEDNESDAY the 6th of March, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr . Anthony Hay, deceased ,

THAT noted and well accustomed Tavern in Williamsburg , called the RALEIGH, which has every Convenience to it, and exceeding fine Stable and Pasture adjoining. At the same Time will be sold the Stock of LIQUORS, a great Quantity of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, some CHAIRS and HARNESS, CARTS, and HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, &c. — Also a very good DWELLING HOUSE on the back Street, where Mr. Hay formerly lived, with large Cabinet Maker's Shop and Timber Yard, and all necessary Outhouses for a Family. - And on Tuesday the 7th of May will be sold, before the Raleigh Door , nineteen NEGROES belonging to the said Estate among them a very good Cabinet Maker, a good Coachman and Carter, some fine Waiting Boys, a good Cooks, Washers, &c. — Six months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above five Pounds, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security; and for the Raleigh , the Time of Payment will be agreed on at the day of Sale.
WILLIAM TREBELL,}
ROBERT NICOLSON,} Executors

N.B. All Persons who have Demands against Mr. Hay's Estate are requested to make them specially known, that Provision may be made for discharging them; and those indebted thereto are desired to make immediate Payment. It is hoped none of the Creditors will put the Estate to any unnecessary Charge, by Suits, when we assure them the best Means will be used to pay the Debts with all Speed, and when it is considered that Mr. Hay has left a large Family, whose tender Years entitle them to some Indulgence.

^{cf. LeRoy Griffin Will Richmond Co. 1750.}

The purchaser was James Barrett Southall who bought the Raleigh and the pasture lot:

Executors of Anthony Hay
Greenhow, John}
Davenport, Matthew}
Trebell, William}
Nicholson, Robert

December 24, 1771 14 to
Southall, James Barrett

Consideration: 2000 Pounds Current Money

. . . all that messuage Tenement and Lott of Ground situate lying and being on the North side of the Main Street called the Duke of Gloucester Street in the City of Williamsburg - also all that piece or parcel of Land situate lying and being in the Parish of Bruton and the County of York containing 20 - 1/5 acres, beginning at a Beech Tree standing on the West side of the Capitol Spring Branch, running thence West 15 chains, 20 links along the bounds of the city of Williamsburg to the corner thereof, thence North 12 chains along the Town bounds and by the Governor's pasture thence North 51 degrees East 5 chains 50 links to the run, thence North 61 ½ degrees East 4 chains to the corner of an old ditch, thence South 51 ½ degrees East 4 chains 35 links along the ditch to a stake, thence a straight line to the beginning which said Messuage Tenements and Lott of Ground called the Rawleigh Tavern and also the above mentioned piece or parcel of Land were conveyed to the said William Trebell and Sarah his Wife.

[York County Records - Deeds - Book VIII, p. 222]

Evidently Southall borrowed the £2000 from Hay's executor, William Trebell, for he gave the latter a mortgage on all the Raleigh properties the next day. Southall's ownership of the property over a long period of years indicates that he paid off this mortgage. Since the mortgage gives no new information, it has not been included in this report. [Ibid., pp. 225-226, Dec. 25, 1771]

In 1772, a store "Exactly opposite the Raleigh" was considered by its proprietor, Catherine Rathell, as "the best Situation in Williamsburg." [Frances N. Mason, John Norton and Sons, p. 217]

A notice of an approaching property sale to take place "before the Raleigh Porch" appeared in the Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon) for May 20, 1773:

To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on six Months Credit ,
THE HOUSE, and two LOTS of Ground, with the Appurtenances, where Mrs. Campbell keeps Tavern, below the Capitol, in 15Williamsburg . The Sale will be before the Raleigh Porch, on Thursday the 29th of July next, at 5 o'clock in the Afternoon. Bond and Security for the Purchase Money to be given to Benjamin Waller , Attorney for the Devises of Nathanial Walthoe, Esquire, deceased.

Southall's pasture, and the necessary house of the Raleigh were mentioned in announcements in the Virginia Gazette for May, 1776. (Ibid., Purdie, May 3 and 31, 1776]

Soldiers began to make their appearance as lodgers and boarders at the Raleigh during the Revolution. Two French officers were taken care of by Southall at the public expense in 1776. [Journal of the Council of the State of Virginia, July 12, 176-October 21, 1777, p. 79] From November 2, 1775 to February 28, 1776, Southall had to turn over the tavern to the American soldiers "in lieu of Barracks." For this he was paid £9.13. [Ibid., pp. 250-251]

The minutes of the November meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Society show the intention of that organization to hold its "Anniversary" meeting at the Raleigh. This sentence, the subject of so much controversy, reads:

Nov. 29th [1777] The Business of the evening being finished, the Society adjourned to the 5th of next Month, being the Anniversary, to be kept at the Raleigh. [William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. IV (1), p. 220]

For the next two years, the Anniversary was celebrated at the Raleigh. [Ibid., p. 223]

In September, 1779, the Raleigh bar-keeper was mentioned as the proper person with whom to leave a gold watch, if found. [Virginia Gazette, Dixon and Nicolson, September 18, 1779]

The Frenchman's map of 1782 [?] shows on this lot an L-shaped house with what appears to be a long porch on the front. Back of the house three outbuildings are indicated, as below: [This drawing has been enlarged.]

James Southall had extensive accounts for repairs with Humphrey Harwood, carpenter, between 1778-1794. Unquestionably, much of this repair work was done on the Raleigh:

1778			Dr
May	14th	To Dr Brought from Ledger (A) and Folio 151) to the Amt of	£223.17.1 ½
	26	To Whitewashin 3 Rooms 22/63/9, 30 bricks 16/52/9 & 4 bushs lime 6/ pr Will	2. 5. 0
June	8	To 1 bushel of lime (per Jubah)1/6	1. 6
	16	To Repairg underpining to Dary, 12/6/0 & 1 Days labour 6/2/	18.
July	10	To 2 bushels of Lime 3/1/6 for Rap	3.
Septemr	25	To 1000 bricks 55/27/6. 21 bushs of lime a 1/6	4. 6. 6
		To building Oven 30/.15/. & 2 ½ days labr a 6/2/.	2.15.
		To White washing 4 Rooms, 2 passages, & Barr a 3/9 7/6	2.12. 6
	28	To 100 bricks 5/62/9. & Seting up Grate with A Rubd bricks 30/.15/. & 1 days lar 62/	2. 1. 6
	30	To 300 Do 16/68/3. 6 bushs of lime 9/d & Repeairg kitchg & landary [illegible] & laying harth 3/6	2.10. 6
17
		To Repairing 4 Grates 6/.3/. & 2 days labour 12/4/.	£ 18.
1779
January	11	To 1 bushel of lime, 3//9. (pr Jubah)	3.
February	6.	To 50 bricks 6/1/5. 2 bushels of lime 6/1/6. & Seting up A Grate 20/5/.. & labr 6/2/	1.18.
	19	To 1 bushel of lime 3/9/. pr (Jubey) (26/8) to Mortar & mendg oven 12/3/	15.
March	20	To 1 Do lime 4/69, (April 28th) to 6 bushs of lime a 6/9. & 250 bricks 50/a 3/8	4.10. 6
April	28.	To Repairing Kitching Chimney 36/6/. & 1 Days labour a 15/2/	2.11.
June	19	To 2 bushs of lime for Soap 12/1/6. July (9th) to a bushe lime 6/.g pr (Rate)	18.
August	10	To 4 bushs of lime a 8//8. & 4 bushs of Whitewash a 16/1/6	4.16.
		To mending plastering 42/6/. & Whitewashg 16 Rooms upstares a 36/3/9	30.18.
		To Whitewashing the passages upstares £10/015/6. & 3 do below. & barr a 36/3/9	17. 4.
	12	To 1 bush. lime pr Rate, 8/9. (Septr 1st) To 2 bushs of lime a 8/1/6	1. 4.
Septemr	13	To 1600 bricks a 27/62/9 pr 6[?] & 16 bushs of lime a 8/9	28. 8.
		To underpining Barn £1225/..0.0 & Repairg Do to Dary 4/ 40/	14. 0
		To 2 Day Labor a 20/2/.	2. 0
18
Septemr	30th	To 6 Bushs of lime 48/4/6. & hair 49d/. & Mending plastering 60/6/	£ 5.12.
		To Repairing underpining 12/2/6. & 1/6Whitewasg 4 Rooms in Pub Hosed [?] and 1 in Nursery & 1 Do of West [?] Kitching, 3 do in House & Nessacary 3/9 a 36/	18.12.
October	2sd	To 90 bricks 27/62/8, & 2 Bushs of lime 16/1/6, & 2 days labour 40/4/	4. 3. 6
		To Repairing pillers to poarch 60/15/	3. 0
	23	To 2 ½ bushs of lime (for Soap) a 12/	1.10.
1780
January	21	To 4 Bushels of lime a 3//9 pr your Warwick Cart	6. 0.
March	9	To 4 Do a 36/9. & hair & larthes 24/. & mending larthing & plastering 120/3/	14. 8.
		To labours work 40/.1/. (& 12th) to 50 bricks 110/1/. & Repairg Drane 90/3/9. & labr 40/2/6	14. 0.
May	4	To 7 bushs of lime a 48/9. & hair 40/.9d Repairing plastering (1 day work)458 [Illegible]	32. 6.
		To 1 Days labour 120/3/. & 1 ½ bushell of lime for Soap a 48/1/8 ½	9.12.
		To Whitewashing 17 Rooms a 3/9 & Long passage up Stares 11/3 & 3 do below and the Nessacary House a 30 Dollars pr Room	216. 0.
	11.	To Whitewashing New Room & Do Kitchg £18.0.07/6	18.0
		To Repairing Steps at Chamr door, & Do Corner of the Underpining 152/	4.10.
19
[May]	19	To 1 Bush. of lime for Soap 48/.g	£ 2. 8.
June	27	To 2 Do of Do [illegible] pr Betty a 54/	5. 8.
August	4	To 6 Do of Do a 54//9. (15th) to 1 bushel of lime9d 54/ for Soap To 122 feet of plank for Still Tubb a 8/	67. 14.
	30	To Whitewashing 2 Rooms a 453/9 dollars, (Septr 1) to 1 buh lime 54/.9	30. 0.
Septemr	19	To 6 Bushs of lime for (Warwick) a 60/	18.
Octobr	14.	To 28 bushs of lime a 54/.g & 350 larthes a 75/. & 1000 4d Nails 280/10/.	111. 2. 6
		To Hair 75/1/3. & Repairing larthing & plastering in landary, & Kitchg, 85£25/.	88.15.
		To labours work 3 ½ days a 150/. pr day	26. 5.
Decemr	9	To 1 bush lime 9d (13th) to 19 bushs of lime a 9d, & 610 bricks 23/.........Specie	1.18
		To Repairing Celler wall, & Steps & build pillers under ball Room 55/	2.15.
		To 6 Days labour a 2/	.12.
	22	To 2 bushs lime 7/6, Mending plastering & putin Step to floor 3/6g To White washing apollo 7/6	.12. 6
1781
Januy	18th	To 1 ½ bushels of lime 14 ½ for Soap (March 13th to 1 Do 9d	. 2.12
May	23	To ½ bushs do 6d (June 9th) to 1 bus Do 1g)	.1 .5
20
Septr	10	To ½ do of do 6d [Octobr 30th] to lime & mendg plasterg 2/	£ 2. 6
Octobr	30	To White washing A Room 5/9	5. 9
Novemr	13	To ½ bushel of lime 9d (for Soap)	0. 9
1782
April	26	To 12 do of do a 1/6 pr bus & Hair 1/6	19. 6
		To Repairing Plastering.....36/	1.16.
	29	To White washing 2 Rooms a 7/6	.15.
		To Repairing Stove in Kitching & Steps to Chamr door 3/9	3. 9
May	6	To ½ bushl of lime by your Negro 9d	0. 9
August	26	To whitewashing a Room 7/6	7. 6
1783
August	21	To 33 bushels of lime a 1/	1.13.
		To Repairing Chimney 30/. & building Oven 10/	2.00.
	26	To underpining Kitchen 22/. & 8 days labour a 3/.	2. 6.
October	20	To 1 bushl of mortar 1/. & Repairing Grate 1/6.	.2 .6
		To whitewashing A Room 4/6	. 4. 6
Novemr	3rd	To 14 bushs of Lime a 1/. & Repairg Plastering 18/. & 3 ¼ days labr a 3/	2. 2. 6
Decemr	6	To whitewashing 3 Rooms (in out house) & 1 do in back of Kitchen a 4/6	.18.
		To 1 bushel of whitewash 2/	2.
			£272.15.4 ¾

Carried to folio 59

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		Per Contra	Cr
1779
May	10	By Cash at the time of the Invation	[£] 112. 8.
1780
February	28th	By 2 hhds Shells, (May 3rd) by 2 Do
		Majr James Southall	Dr
		Dr Brought from Folio 17	£
1784
July	7th	To 22 bushels of Lime at 1/. & 5 bushs of whitwash at 2/	1.12.
		To Hair 2/3. To repairing larthing & plastering in Raleigh & co Back Room to Kitchen & Necessary House 20/	1. 2. 3
		To whitewashing 13 Rooms up Stairs a 4/6	2. 18. 6
		To whitewashing the passages up Stairs 22/6	1. 2. 6
		To do 8 Rooms below at 4/6. & the passages 13/6	2. 9. 6
		To do ye Room at the back of the Kitchen 4/6	4. 6
August	30	To lime for Soap 7d ½	.7 ½
Novemr	26	To 8 bushs of lime a 1/. & 500 bricks a 3/	1. 3.
		To 2 days labr a 2/6 & mendg Kitchen backs & Jambs 6/	.11.
		To laying an harth 4/ & repairing Stove 2/	6.
		To repairing Drane, & do 3 Grates 5/	5.
1785
Januay	24th	To 2 bushels of lime 2/. & 200 bricks a 3/	8.
		To setting up a grate 6/. & repairing one 3/	9.
		To labours work 2/6	2. 6
22
April	15	To 1/2 bushel of lime 7 ½ C	£ .7 ½
	23	To 150 bricks a 3/. & 4 bushels of lime a 1/	.8.6.
		To building a pair of Steps to Mrs Southall Room door 7/6	.7.6
		To labour 2/6	.2.6
Novr	7	To 17 bushels of lime a 1/. & 1500 bricks a 3/.	3.2.
	8	To 13 bushels of lime a 1/. & buildg 2 pair of Steps 20/	1.13.
	11	To setting up a Grate 5/. & repairg 1 do of do 2/6	.7.6
		To repairing Well 6/. & do plasterg in House 7/6	.13.6
		To repairg Stove, sink, & plasterg in Kitchen 5/.	.5.
		To do Kitchen floor 8/6, & 5 days labour a 2/6.	1. 1.
		To 1 Bushel of Hair 2/	. 2.
1786
Januy	11	To 10 bushels of lime a 1/. 42 bricks 1/3, & Repairing 2 Grates 3/9	.15.
		To Repairing Oven 2/6 & ditto larthing & plasterg in Kitchg & 67/6	.10.
		To larthes 9d, 50 Nails 4d, & 2 days labour a 2/6.	6. 1
August	30	To 18 bushels of lime 18/, 1100 bricks 33/. & 3 days labr 7/6	2.18. 6
		To bricking up well 15/ & Repairing Kitching floor 3/9	.18.9
Octor	24	To 14 bushels of lime a 1/. & 1 do of Hair 2/	.16.
		To repairing plastering in 16 Rooms 20/ & 5 bushels of Whitwash 12/	1.10.
23
[Octor	24]	To labourers work 7/6 & white-washing 11 Rooms up Stairs a 4/6	£ 2.17.
		To white-washing ye passages up Stairs 22/6	1. 2. 6
		To do 4 Rooms ye Bar & portch below at 4/6	.18.
		To do Back Room in ye Kitchen 4/6 & ye Apollo 7/6	.12.
		To/doye Daphne & New Room 6/	. 6.
		To do ye One & ye Four 5/	. 5.
		To do passage Below 13/6	.13. 6
1788
April	3	To 270 bricks a 3 1/2 pr 6. 5 bus of lime 5/. & 1 ¼ days labr 3/11	.16.1 ½
		To Repairing Kitchen Chimney & Stove 9/	.9.
Octor	1	To 2 bushels of Egg-shell Wheat a 5/	.10.
		Dr Brought Over	£
1788
Octor	14th	To ½ bushel of Morter 6d & Mending plastering 1/6	£ . 2.
		To ½ days work 9d	. 9
Novemr	5	To ½ bushel of lime pr Betty 6d/	. 6
Decr	11	To 4 bushs of lime 4/. Mendg plasterg & 2 Grates 3/. & labr 2/.	. 9.
1789
January	14	To 1 bushel of whitewash 2/. and whitewashing 5 Rooms a 4/6	1. 4.
	24	To whitewashing a passage down stairs 4/6	4. 6
		To - do necessary 2/. & do ye Bar 3/9	5. 9
24
April	10	To 2 bushels of lime 2/. 50 bricks 1/6	£ 3. 6
		To Mending prison walls by your direction	3.
June	9	To whitewash 6d - whitewashing a Room & passage 6/9	6. 9
	16	To 16 bushels of lime a 9d mending cellar cap & bricking up ye Well at ye factory 8/	1.
		To labr 2/	. 2.
			£4. -

See this within ye Crotchet charged in Ledg. C. fol. 8.

	Per Contra	Cr
	By Sundaryes Brought forward
1785
Septemr 23rd	By Cash at York Town 6/	6.
1787
April 16	By ditto 28/	1. 8.

		Colo James Southall	Dr
		See ante folio 59. Led. B. -
1788
Decr	11	To 4 bushels of lime 4/. & mending plastering & 2 Grates 3/	£ . 7.
		To labr 2/	. 2.
1789
Jan.	14	To 1 bushel of whitewashing d2/. & whitewashg 5 Rooms a 4/6	1. 4.
	24	To--whitewashg a passage 4/6 & necessary & barr 5/9	.10. 3
25
April	10	To lime 2/. bricks 1/6 & mending prison Wall by yr direction 3/	£ . 6. 6
June	9	To Whitewash 6d whitewashing room & passage 6/9	7. 3
	16	To 16 bushels of lime a 9d mending Cellar cap & bricking up yr Well at yr Factory 8/.	1.
		To labr 2/	. 2.
Octor	29	To 8 bushels of lime a 9d taking up yr Cellar Steps rebuilding them, & mending yr Jambs 8/6	.14. 6
1790
April	24	To 6 bush. of lime a 9d Mending plaistering in 5 Rooms & passage 7/6	.12.
		To whitewash 2/3 - whitewashg 5 Rooms a 3/9 & passage & stairway below 4/6	1. 3. 3
Octor	24	To 1 bush. of whitewash 1/6 & whitewashg 4 Rooms a 3/9	.16. 6
1791
April	23	To 5 bush: of lime a 9d to building pillars under & painting Brick work about the porch 5/	. 8.
May	30	To bush: lime by Wide 9d (May 13) ½ bush. do 4 1/2d	. 1. 1 ½
July	20	To 4 bush: lime a 9d Mending plaistering 2/	. 5.
		To whitewashing 2 Rooms & 2 passages a 3/9	.15.
		To whitewashing 2 Cielings a 1/6 & 2 bush. whitewash 3/0	. 6. 0
Decr	17	To 10 bushels of lime a 9d & mending underpinning to Kitchen &c 15/	1. 2. 6
1792
Sep:	14th	To 14 bush. of lime a 9d & mending plaistering & laying 2 Hearths 12/6	1. 3.
26
[1792]
[Sep:	14th]	To whitewash 3/. & whitewashg 5 Rooms, 2 Cielings, one side & 2 Closets	£ 1. 0. 6
Decr	7	To 6 bush. lime a 9d & 1 ½ days Work of Nat a 4/.	.10. 6
	17	To 2 do Whitewash a 1/6 & 3 ¾ days work of Nat a 4/	.18.
		To 6 days work of old Jerry a 4/	1. 4.
		To 10 bush. of lime a 9d	. 7. 6
			£15. 6. 4 ½
		To fee v. Layd in Warwick 15/	.15
			£16. 1. 4 ½
		Per Contra
1794
April	2d	By Colo Southalls acct rendered	14. 9. --
		Colo James Southall
1794		Dr	Cr
May	25th	To 1 ½ days Hire of Jerry a 4/. & 8 Busls Lime a 9d	£ .12.
	26	To ½ days Hire of Nat a 4/	. 2.
	28	To 2 ¼ days Hire of Nat a 4/	. 9.
		To 1 do of Jerry a 4/	. 4.
		To 2 Busls Lime a 9d & ½ Bushl Whitewash	. 2. 6"

[Harwood's Ledger]

In a notice in the Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser (Augustine Davis), Southall offered to lease the Raleigh:

January 17, 1793

The Raleigh Tavern and two lots will be leased for one year...the said lots contain an ice house and every other house necessary for the entertainment of man and horse.

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Perhaps Gabriel Maupin was the lessee. When Southall insured his buildings in 1796, Maupin was then in occupation of the Raleigh. He described the property and its location as

My Wooden Buildings on the main Street at Williamsburg now occupied by Gabriel Maupin situated between James Davises Brick Store and that of John M Galt in the county of York

The Rawleigh Tavern marked	A.	at 1500 Dollars
The Wood Kitchen do	B.	at 250 do.
The Wood Laundery do	C.	at 100 do.
The Wood [Stable] do	D.	at 300 do.
		2150 do.

[It appears that the plat, as copied on the policy, was traced from an original copy in such a way as to confuse the location of the outbuildings.]

[[Insurance Book, Policy 126, p. 54, April, 1796]]

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A plan picture of the Raleigh, in the form of memoirs, published in 1824, throws some light on the low, dormer window bedrooms upstairs in 1796. After describing Williamsburg, the writer continues

Such was Williamsburg, in October, 1796, when Edward Grayson arrived at the Raleigh, a long, low house, with many little confined attic bed rooms, and two or three large ones below, in which the students gave their balls--or met to play billiards--or the daily ordinary was kept. As soon as a young man was seen to stop at the door, over which stood, exposed to all weathers, the venerable Bronze bust of the gallant knight who gave his name to the tavern, inquiries immediately ran through the village, "what new student has arrived?" "what is his name?" "where is he from?" "who is he?" And they were repeated until satisfactory answers were given. On this occasion, as Grayson had been there the year before, it was merely said, that "Edward Grayson had returned to attend the law lectures."

They were all in the long piazza of the tavern when he arrived, anxiously awaiting the stage from Richmond . . .

[The Valley of Shenandoah: or, Memoirs of the Graysons, George Tucker, Vol. II, Chapter 3, pp. 48-55, printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. XIX (2), p. 195]

The Raleigh Tavern fell upon hard days in the late eighteenth century when there were no longer "Public Times" for Williamsburg. That political decline in the activities of Williamsburg no doubt accounts for much of the rapid passing of the Raleigh from one tavernkeeper to another. Southall advertised it for rent again in 1797, less than five years after his first advertisement:

"September 20, 1797

TO BE RENTED,
THE RAWLEIGH TAVERN, in the city of Williamsburg, at present occupied by Mr. Gabriel Maupin, which, in point of situation, as a public house, is inferior to none in the place. The yard and garden belonging thereto are just newly enclosed, and the houses will be put in necessary repair as soon as possible. Very conveniently situated to the tavern, lies an extensive pasture, containing about fourteen acres of land, under a good post and rail fence, and on which stands a large and spacious stable, sufficient for the accomodation of thirty horses. If 29 agreeable, an extraordinary good BILLIARD TABLE may be had with the said house. Any further description is deem unnecessary, as it is supposed that any person inclined to rent the above tenement, would wish first to view the premises thereof. Bond with approved security will be required, and the terms may be known by application to the subscriber.
JAMES SOUTHALL

[Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser, Augustine Davis]

Louis Pagand, otherwise unknown, was the renter, and advertised for customers:

September 18, 1798

The Subscriber
Begs leave to inform his friends and the public at large, that he has taken that well known Tavern in the City of Williamsburg, called the Rawleigh Tavern, where it will be his particular study to accommodate all those who may be pleased to favor his with their company in the best manner, both as to themselves and horses; having furnished himself with the best of Liquors, and other necessaries for that purpose, at a very reduced price. He has also, a remarkable fine Pasture containing fourteen acres of land, with a very spacious and commodious Stable, which will be constantly furnished with the best stable food of every kind, and hopes, that by his unwearied attention and study to please and public, he may meet their patronage.
Louis Pagand.

[The Virginia Argus]

Neither the Unknown Draftsman's nor the Lively copy of the Bucktrout map of 1803 has any name of an owner in lot #54. A crude drawing marked "Raleigh Tavern" shows it located between the Davis lot on the east and the Galt lot on the west.

Around 1803, Philip Moody must have been running the Raleigh as both maps show that the land on the north of city formerly belonging to James Southall now belonged to Philip Moody. This conclusion seems logical in view of the fact that the "Raleigh lot", during this period, was transferred at the same time as the Raleigh Tavern and lot #54. An obituary notice speaks of him [Moody] as "for many 30 years keeper of the Raleigh Tavern." [Virginia Argus, October 10, 1807]

In 1805, John Coke took over the Raleigh. Robert Anderson wrote Joseph Prentis on December 5, 1805, "Moody has retired to the Eagle and John Coke has leased the Rawleigh." [Mss. in Department of Research and Record] Philip Moody's insurance of the Raleigh in 1806 confirms this change of proprietorship:

...My three Buildings on the North side of the Main Street now occupied by John Coke and situated between the Lott of Door Galt on the East and the Lott of James Davis on the West in the county of York...

		Dollars
The Raughley Tavern	A at	4000
The Kitchen	B at	500
The Stable	D at	300"

[Insurance Book, Policy 666, May 27, 1806, p.40]

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After the death of Moody, ownership of the Raleigh evidently passed to his daughter, Maria, married to William Crump of Powhatan county. [Virginia Magazine, Vol. XXXIV, p. 165] Although the will of Moody, who died in 1807, [Virginia Argus] was not found, this fact of ownership is established by Crump's advertisement of the Raleigh in 1813 and an insurance policy in 1815. Crump offered the Raleigh for sale through the columns of the Richmond Enquirer, January 7, 1813:

Raleigh Tavern, For Rent- The Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, will be rented for the present year, and immediate possession given, or will be leased for three or five years. There is a large and valuable pasture attached to the tavern; and several beds and other Household Furniture may be had with the establishment, as well as two Cooks, a male and female, may be obtained by purchase, by those who rent or lease the tavern.

For terms apply to Robert Anderson, esq. of Williamsburg, Edwd. W. Trent, esq. of Richmond, or the subscriber living in Powhatan county.
Wm. Crump

In a revaluation of Philip Moody's policy No. 666 with the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia in 1815, the appraisers of the Raleigh property declared "That the said Buildings are at present owned by William Crump and Maria Crump residing at Powhatan County and are occupied by William McCandlish. That they are situated on the main street in Williamsburg between James Davis and John M Galt decd lots in the County of York."

		Dollars
The Raleigh Tavern	A at	2000
The Kitchen	B at	400
The Stable	C at	400
		2,800

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[Insurance Book, Policy 1517, May 31, 1815, p. 43. This drawing has been slightly reduced in size.]

The tax records for Williamsburg in 1818 that William McCandlish had bought all of the Raleigh property. His 1 lot (including the stable) was valued at $400 annually, on which he paid a tax of $12. This property he got "Via William Crump, house and lots called the Raleigh Tavern together with the Raleigh stable, and is the same formerly charged to James Southall's Estate."

Students of the College of William and Mary continued to frequent the tavern. The letter of one student in 1816 mentions the famous Raleigh bust:

Behold me here in this ancient capital of Virginia, seated at my ease in an upper chamber of the Raleigh, that is a tavern (of all things in the world named after the great Sir Walter. There is a brazen bust of the knight over the porch, with a fine forehead and right reverent beard. Who first put it up I cannot tell... [W. Maxwell, Letters from Virginia, pp. 120-23]

In 1820, McCandlish's advertisement of a sale of the Raleigh speaks in half-hearted praise of its desirability as an enterprising venture: 33

For Sale
The old Raleigh Tavern in the city of Williamsburg is offered for sale, with the lots attached thereto, containing about sixteen acres of land, and the principal furniture used about the establishment, such as beds, tables, chairs, &c. will be also sold with it. To a gentleman desirous of engaging in this lime of business, I know of no establishment in Virginia, which offers better prospects; with diligent attention, success is certain. The terms will be made accommodating. For particulars inquire of the subscriber.
William McCandlish [Richmond Enquirer, August 25, 1820]

Unsuccessful in securing a buyer, McCandlish offered the tavern on different terms:

December 16, 1820

For Rent or Lease the Raleigh Tavern

In the city of Williamsburg. The subscriber is desirous to rent for one or lease for a term of years, this old and established tavern, together with the lots and principal furniture attached thereto. The public are too well informed of the advantages of this situation to require a minute description. To a person who can give satisfactory assurance to keep a good house, the terms will be made very reasonable. Possession will be given on the first day of January next.
William McCandlish

[Richmond Enquirer]

The name of the renter of the Raleigh has not yet come to light in the records. Apparently the "Raleigh lot" with the stable began to be sold separately at this time and thereafter. A deed in York County Records shows that in 1822, it was sold by McCandlish to Richard Allen. [Deeds - Book IX, p. 200, February 26, 1822] A more careful search of the early nineteenth century papers will no doubt throw more light on the history of the Raleigh.

A letter written on December 1, 1833, contains the following comments: 34

Mountcastle⁵ leaves the old Raleigh at the end of this year, when Bishop and Bragg are to take possession and open a public House. [Letter to Wilson Willcocks, Southall Papers, College of William and Mary]

The Raleigh bust continued to arouse interest in those who came to Williamsburg. James Kirke Paulding in his Letters from the South, by a Northern Man in 1835, wrote ". . . the principal tavern at Williamsburg is under the special patronage of Sire Walter Raleigh, who still stands his ground here . . . Sir Wat is dressed in high ton--his hand in his side, his ruff up to his ears, and exhibits the identical smile with which he captivated the virgin affections of good Queen Bess . . ." [Page 66]

In 1848, the tavern was a part of the Maupin estate. John M. Maupin, appointed guardian by the Hustings Court of Williamsburg, brought suit against the infants, Charles E., Catherine Cole, and Sarah M. Maupin, for the purpose of safeguarding the interests of the infant children. As a result the court ordered the Raleigh Tavern and a tract of land in James City county to be put up for sale. The purchaser was Parkes Slater. [Copy of Mss. in the Department of Research and Record] Slater continued as proprietor of the Raleigh at least until 1854.

In 1848, Benson Lossing visited Williamsburg and has the following illuminating comments about the Raleigh:

The room used for public meetings is in the rear building of the old Raleigh tavern at Williamsburg, and up to the day of my visit it had remained unaltered. Carpenters were then at work remodeling its style, for the purpose of making it a ballroom; and now, I suppose, that apartment, hallowed by so many associations connected with our war for independence, has 35 scarcely an original feature left. Had my visit been deferred a day longer, the style of the room could never have been portrayed. Neat wainscoting of Virginia pine ornamented the sides below and partly between the windows, and over the fire-place, which was spacious. This view is from the entrance door form the front portion of the building. On the left were two large windows; on the right were two windows and a door; and on each side of the fire-place was a door opening into small passage ways, from the exterior. Through the door on the left is seen a flight of stairs leading to the dormitory. The walls are whitewashed, and the wood-work painted a lead color. In this room the leading patriots of Virginia, including Washington, held many secret caucuses, and planned many schemes for the overthrow of royal rule in the colonies. The sound of the hammer and saw engaged in the work of change seemed to me like actual desecration; for the Raleigh tavern, and the Apollo room are to Virginia, relatively, what Faneuil Hall is to Massachusetts.

…
When I visited Williamsburg in December, 1848, the front part of the old Raleigh tavern had been torn down, and a building in modern style was erected in its place. The old tavern was in the form of an L, one portion fronting the street, the other extending at right angles, in the rear. Both parts were precisely alike in external appearance, and as the rear building was yet standing and unaltered, I am able to give a restored view of the Raleigh, as it appeared during the Revolution. The leaden bust of Sir Walter Raleigh, which graced the front of the old inn, now ornaments the new building.

[Benson J. Lossing, The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. II, pp. 278, 280]

Further details on the Apollo and the Raleigh bust are furnished by those who knew the old building:

1850's

This room [Blue Room, Wren Building] was panelled in blue, in the same style and color as the "Apollo Hall" in the old Raleigh Tavern, where I have attended many meetings of a somewhat different character. I remember the inscription in great gilt letters over the huge chimney piece, which had looked down on great statesmen as well as college boys, "Hil-aritas, Sapientiae et bonae vitae proles."

There was a bust (of lead I believe) of Sir Walter Raleigh over the front door of the old Tavern, which some one, perhaps a distant relative of Colonel Richardson, had not very artistically painted to make it more realistic. The hair, mustache and goatee were of a reddish brown, but I cannot remember the color of the eyes.

[Letter of Charles M. Stringfellow, July 24, 1909, printed in Tyler's Magazine, Vol. VI, p. 70]

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March 1, 1852

The "Old Raleigh Tavern," at which we stopped during our recent visit, has about it some deeply interesting associations. It is an ancient frame building of two stories, over the portico of which is a leaden bust of Sir Walter Raleigh. It is a very ancient bust, probably more than a hundred years old, but it seems to have been more kindly treated by time and by the hand of man than the statute of Lord Botetourt, (which formerly stood in the old Capitol,) and, the bearded lip and chin, and martial aspect, keeps guard over the once favorite resort of the cavaliers and statesmen of Virginia. A large room of the Raleigh, on the lower floor, now used as a dining room, has attractions for a traveler which may well make him forget the demands of the keenest appetite, and wonder at the "uses" to which the noblest objects may come.

[Daily Republican, Photostat in the Dep. of Research & Record]

The proprietor's advertisement in 1854 in which he lists the chief meats served at the Raleigh, justifies the comment by a traveler in 1852 that Slater was a "perfect Nimrod" and loaded his table "with the spoils of earth, air, and sea." [Daily Republican, February 28, 1852] The notice reads:

July 27, 1854

OLD RALEIGH TAVERN
WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA

The Proprietor of this well known establishment, is now prepared to accommodate his patrons and the public generally in the most comfortable manner. His rooms are in good order and well furnished. The table will be constantly supplied with everything in its season which the market will afford.

In winter he is prepared at all times to serve up wild Ducks and Turkies, Patridges, Venison, fresh York River Oysters, &c. &c. Crabs and fresh Fish, in their season. His Wines and other Liquors will always be found of a superior quality.

He solicits a share of the patronage of travellers, as he is determined to do all in this power to render those comfortable during their stay at the RALEIGH, who may give him a call.
PARKES SLATER, Proprietor

[Virginia Gazette, Thomas Martin, Ed.]

In 1854, the "Raleigh Institute," run by Mrs. Mariah F. Clopton, was established in "Apollo Hall." According to the notice of the new school for 37 "fair girls," the Old Raleigh had been purchased by a few gentlemen and was now undergoing repairs. [Virginia Gazette, Thomas Martin, July 27, 1854] Either the school was still in operation in February, 1859--or the room was being prepared for a banquet--for when Col. William Winson Fontaine visited Williamsburg, the "polite proprietor" took him over the tavern with the exception of the Apollo Room. [William and Mary Quarterly, Vol XVI (21), pp. 159-60]

"The old Raleigh burned on the 11th of December" was the laconic comment in the Richmond Enquirer on the disappearance of a veritable American institution. [December 16, 1859]

It would appear, from the reminiscences of one of its sometime lodgers, that the last proprietor was named Blassingame. He was accused of having burned the tavern in order to collect the insurance. "Apollo," according to this writer, was entered from one end and opposite was the fireplace between two doors; over the fireplace was a mantlepiece about six feet high, around the ceiling was a wooden cornice; over the mantlepiece and near the cornice was a Latin motto: "Hilaritas Sapientiae et bonae vitae proles"--"Jollity the off-spring of wisdom and good living." ["Reminiscences" by a Warwicker, printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. XV (1), pp. 53-54]

Twentieth century residents of Williamsburg recalled the exterior of the Raleigh; one had been inside the Raleigh and supplied information about a gallery--an architectural detail referred to in no other available source. Mrs. Vandegrift said:

I was at a supper there once, before it was burned down. William and Mary College had burned. They had speeches there at the Raleigh. There was a gallery and I sat up there and listened to the speeches. The gallery was over the dining room, opposite the large fireplace. They called the room the 38 Hall of Apollo.⁶ The gallery faced the fireplace. It was just a small gallery, almost like a porch. [The College burned on February 8, 1859, so the meeting attended was after the extensive alterations and changes noted by Lossing in 1848. The gallery seems to have been one of these late changes.]

[The fireplace in the Apollo was] opposite the door. It was a great big fireplace. The gallery [which could seat about ten people] was opposite the fireplace. A staircase led up to the gallery.

Mr. Charles said:

The present store house, known as the Lane and Christian Store, stands on part of the site of the old Raleigh Tavern.

The writer's memory is not very clear as to the size and shape of this historic structure, as he was very young when it was destroyed by fire; but living as he did then, a very short distance away, his recollection of it is more distinct than it otherwise would have been. It was, according to the best of my knowledge, a one and a half story frame structure fronting right on Main Street, with an L running north from the west end. There were dormer windows on front and on the sides. There was a lead bust of Sire Walter Raleigh over the front door. In the rear part of the lot there was a tenpin alley, as it was then called, where students and others indulged in bowling, to both the pleasure and profit of the boys in the neighbor-hood, who received pay for setting up the pins.

Both Vest's store and the Raleigh tavern were destroyed by fire on the same night in 1859. There are only two houses now standing on this square and facing on Duke of Gloucester street that were there when the Raleigh Tavern burned.

Raleigh Tavern

"That noted and well accustomed tavern, the Raleigh" where the spark of the Revolution was kindled in Virginia was the center of many of the political and social affairs of the colony from about 1735 until the disastrous fire of 1859.

A leaden bust of Sir Walter Raleigh above the door proclaimed that these Virginians honored the man who was believed to have introduced tobacco into England; who at lest popularized "Tobacco-taking" in the seventeenth century and so proved the way for the tobacco trade which was the bases of Virginia's existence.

Through that door passed governors, patriots, merchants, tobacco planters, young college students, Indian chiefs, officers of the Revolutionary War, and men destined to become presidents of the newly formed United States. The ladies of Virginia came to Williamsburg to enjoy the social life of the colony during court times and to dance in the Apollo and the Daphne, as the ball rooms in the Raleigh were called. It pleased the fancy of the inn keeper to name these rooms for the wood nymph and the sun god who pursued her. He also carved above the mantel in the Apollo "Hilaritas Sapientiae et bonae vigae proles"--"Jollity the offspring of wisdom and good life."

The house was noted for its hospitality. Henry Wetherburn, the first keeper of the tavern, made a punch so famous that there is a deed on record in Goochland County by which William Randolph of "Tuckahoe" conveyed to Peter Jefferson (father of President Thomas Jefferson) 200 acres for the consideration of "Henry Wetherburn's biggest bowl of arrack punch."

There was a gaming room, "The One and Four" and a bar which dispensed the wine, ales and liquors imported from England, France, Portugal and Italy.

When the Cherokee Indians came to Williamsburg in 1751 to negotiate a treaty they were royally entertained and were given the Apollo Room for their headquarters.

In February 27, 1752, Alexander Finnie, owner and keeper of the Raleigh advertized in the Virginia Gazette; "Notice is hereby given to the Ladies and Gentlemen That the Subscriber purposes to have a Ball, at the Apollo, in Williamsburg, once every Week, during the Sitting of the General Assembly and Court.

It was such a ball which the young Thomas Jefferson, then a student at William and Mary College, attended, when he wrote in a letter to John Page, "...last night as merry as agreeable company and dancing with Belinda in the Apollo could make me, I never could have thought the succeeding sun would have seen me so wretched as I now am!"

The scene at the tavern was a varied one. Theatre and lottery tickets were sold in the building and the bust of Sir Walter Raleigh looked down on many a public sale held on the steps outside, when plantations, houses, negroes, horses, furniture and merchandise were auctioned to the highest beⁱdder.

Anthony Hay, who bought the Raleigh in 1767, was also a cabinet maker and the furniture of the Raleigh was the last word in elegance and style when it was inventoried after his death. This inventory is the valuable document which provided a vital clue to the whole furnishing of the tavern when it was restored.

Anthony Hay lived during stirring times. At his tavern Lord Botetourt was officially welcomed in 1768. In the next year when Botetourt dissolved the House of Burgesses, they promptly repaired to the Raleigh to meet and elect Peyton Randolph moderator. In accordance with long standing custom Peyton Randolph entertained his electors at a "genteel dinner at the Raleigh Tavern after which many loyal and patriotic toasts were drank, and the afternoon spent with cheerfulness and decorum."

George Washington came frequently to the Raleigh to dine and sup or to attend meetings. On May 3, 1769, he "dined with the Council and spent the evening at ye Daphne", and on May 25, 1770 noted "...attended a Committee of the association at Hayes till 11 o'clock," among numerous entries in his diaries and accounts that attest the frequency with which he visited the noted public house.

When Hay died in December of 1770, the Virginia Gazette wrote an account of the death of the master of the Raleigh Tavern "a heavy loss to a large family, to whom he was a tender husband and kind parent. And he is regretted by his acquaintances as being a good citizen and honest man."

James Barret Southall in 1771 purchased the Tavern which was sold before the Raleigh door. It was this new host who prepared the official welcome for Lord Dunmore on October 3, 1771. Dunmore, in return, entertained the populace at the Raleigh several weeks later in celebration of the anniversary of the King's Accession to the throne, "...plenty of liquor was given to the populace;" wrote the Gazette, "and the City was handsomely illuminated."

Rebellion against the tyranny of King George III was fomenting wherever men gathered in the taverns of in their homes. Once again the Burgesses convened at the Raleigh, after being dissolved by Lord Dunmore and here on May 27, 1779 eighty-nine members of the House signed a non-importation agreement. Here a committee of the newly organized Continental Congress sat to try violations of the non-importation agreement.

Peyton Randolph who had long been a leader in the colonial Capitol, once served as President of the Continental Congress. Upon his return from Philadelphia, after the session of May 1775, he was given a tremendous ovation. He was met by a uniformed detachment of cavalry from the Williamsburg Volunteers, at Ruffin's Ferry, and escorted to Williamsburg, Here they were met by the whole cavalry and infantry; and all the bells in town were rung. In the evening there were illuminations and to crown the occasion, a celebration at the Raleigh Tavern.

Then came the Revolution, and the Williamsburg that had echoed to Pat5ick Henry's fiery speech on the Stamp Act echoed to his welcome as the first governor of the State of Virginia. At his departure in March, 1776 the troops then in Williamsburg went into mourning. The officers escorted Henry to dinner at the Raleigh Tavern.

Southall was a leader of the patriot cause, entertaining French officers and giving over the public rooms of the tavern to state affairs. Here auctions of prize ships were held, the Williamsburg Manufacturing Society met, the building of barracks and hospitals for the army was let out, court materials were held and confiscated loyalist property was auctioned.

Phi Beta Kappa was organized by students of William and Mary College in December 5, 1776, probably at the tavern. Each year thereafter an anniversary celebration was held at the Raleigh, according to the original records of this scholastic society.

The tireless Gazette reported another event of importance on February 26, 1779, "On Monday the 22d instant a very elegant entertainment was given at the Raleigh tavern by the inhabitants of this city to celebrate the anniversary of that day which gave birth to GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States, the Saviours of this county, and the brave asserter of the rights and liberties of mankind."

When peace was proclaimed in 1783 a procession was ordered by Governor Benjamin Harrison for Williamsburg, "Order of the Procession on the Great Day, Thursday, May 1st [1783] ... From the Ct House the Citizens are to proceed to the College and make proclamation at that place, from whence they are to proceed to the Capitol and make proclamation there; and from thence Proceed to the Raleigh & pass the rest of the Day."

At the Raleigh in October, 1824 the Marquis de Lafayette was guest of honor at a splendid banquet reminiscent of the gay occasions of other days. Colonel Burwell Bassett presided and many notable were present, including governor and council, Chief Justice Marshall, John C. Calhoun and officers of the Army and Navy. The Tavern burned in February 1859.

RALEIGH TAVERN--Owners and Occupants, 1717-1780

Date	Owned By	Occupied By	Occupation
1717-1729	Thomas Jones	Henry Bowcock	Tavern keeper
1730-1731	Thomas Jones	Mary Bowcock (widow of Henry)	Tavern keeper
1731-1735	Thomas Jones	Henry Wetherburn (married Mary Bowcock in 1731)	Tavern keeper
1735-1742	?	Henry Wetherburn	Tavern keeper
1742	John Blair	Henry Wetherburn	Tavern keeper
1742	John Dixon, David Meade Patrick Barclay, Alexander McKenzie, James Murray	Henry Wetherburn	Tavern keeper
1743-1749	John Dixon, David Meade, Patrick Barclay, Alexander McKenzie, James Murray	?	Tavern keeper
1749-1752	Alexander Finnie	Alexander Finnie	Tavern keeper
1752	John Chiswell & Dr. George Gilmer	Alexander Finnie	Tavern keeper
1752-1756	Chiswell & Gilmer	Alexander Finnie	Tavern keeper
1757-1763	Chiswell & Gilmer	(possibly James B. Southall)	Tavern keeper
1763-1767	William Trebell	William Trebell	Tavern keeper
1767-1770	Anthony Hay	Anthony Hay	Tavern keeper
1771-1780	James B. Southall	James B. Southall	Tavern keeper

Note:
Though the building was used as a tavern from about 1717, the first known references to the Raleigh Tavern by name appears in the advertisement of Thomas Clendinning, a Glasgow wigmaker, which states that orders for his wigs left "at the Rawleigh Tavern in Williamsburg " would be "wrought up agreeable to the Directions, and sent to Virginia by the first ship that offers" [Virginia Gazette, June 6, 1745, p. 4. There are no known copies of the Virginia Gazette between February 1, 1740 and March 21, 1745.] Since I am reciting "firsts" you might like to know that "the Raleigh head" was mentioned in a letter discussing George Gilmer and Col. John Chiswell's buying the 2 tavern from Alexander Finnie in April 1752. [George Gilmer to Mr. Walter King, August 6, 1752, Brock Notebook, microfilm copy in Research Department].

By 1782 the Raleigh was one of two taverns [The second was the Eagle Tavern--formerly called the King's Arms.] in Williamsburg. James B. Southall continued to operate the Raleigh until about 1793 when he offered to lease the tavern. Southall died in 1800. The Raleigh continued to be operated as a tavern until it burned December 11, 1859. For a short while around 1854 an academy for young ladies, called the Raleigh Institute, used part of the building but travellers also frequented the tavern at this time.

RESEARCH REPORT ON RALEIGH TAVERN OUTBUILDINGS.
August 27, 1930.

The following references to the outbuildings of Raleigh Tavern are from the existing research date on file in this office:

"Virginia Gazette, January 17, 1771 --To be sold pursuant to the will of Anthony Hay: That noted and well-accustomed Tavern called the Raleigh, with every convenience and fine stable and pasture, also a very good dwelling on the back street, where Mr Hay formerly lived, with large cabinet makers shop and timber yard. Good outbuildings for a family. (MFG Book II: P14, P 2.)

Virginia Gazette, August 16, 1774 - Thomas Skinner has opened shop at the back of Raleigh Tavern where he will carry on the shoe-making business in all its branches. (MFG Book I: P. 31, P 1.)

Virginia Gazette, June 14, 1776 - Left in the Necessary House at the Raleigh Tavern on Monday last, a Silver Stop Watch, maker's name Prentis, London #112, with two seals set in gold, one of them a cypher, the other a coat of arms. Whoever returns it to the Printer or to the keeper of Raleigh Tavern will receive 40s. (Virg. Gaz. Supplement).

Insurance Policy #126 - Assured, James Southall, April 1796, the Raleigh Tavern at $1000 and the following outbuildings:

Kitchen at $250.,	wood--44 X 24 feet.
Laundry at $100.,	wood--28 X 20 feet.
Stable at $300.,	wood--40 X 32 feet.

Mr Charles, "Recollections of Williamsburg" - In the rear part of the lot there was a tenpin alley, as it was then (1862) called, where students and others indulged in bowling, to both the pleasure and profit of the boys in the neighborhood, who received pay for setting up the pins. (P47, P1.)

The following is a statement from Wm. Baker (colored), Sexton of Bruton Parish Church, concerning the property facing on the North side of Duke of Gloucester Street between Botetourt Street and the Raleigh Tavern: -

"My mother lived in the house just behind Raleigh Tavern at the time of the fire just before the Civil War and she remembers all of the buildings in that square at that time. Her mind is not clear as to corner lot (Standard Service Station lot now). The Hoffheimer Store (brick) was recently Kinnaman's Garage. The Lee house was a one story building with three dormer windows in front and two in the back, with shed roof behind and cellar. The Vest Store was a brick building--two stories with a one story frame annex behind. It was built right up against the east end of the Lee House. Space large enough for one person to walk between Vest's store and Lee's house. She recalls the stables behind the Raleigh Tavern, one house for the help with two dormer windows back and front. She has drawn water out of the well on Raleigh Tavern Lot before the Civil War."

I asked Wm. Baker to find out, if possible, from his mother the locations in the rear of the Raleigh Tavern on the stables, the "house for the help" etc. that his mother told him she remembered.

Virginia

At a Court of Hustings held for the City of Williamsburg at the Courthouse thereof on Monday the twenty eighth day of August 1848. John M. Maupin Guardian Pltff )
Against In Chancery
Charles E. Maupin et al . . . Defts )

This cause came on this day by consent of parties to be heard on the bill answer of the infant defendant Charles E. Maupin in proper person on oath the answer on Oath of John A. Henley the Guardian adletim heretofore assigned to defend the infant defendants Charles: E. Catharine Cole and Sarah M. Maupin, exhibits filed and deposition of Witnesses and was argued by counsel: On consideration whereof and being proved to the satisfaction of the Court by clear and credible evidence given by disinterested witnesses in the presence of said Guardian adletim that the interest of the infant defendants Charles: E. Catharine Cole and Sarah M. Maupin would be promoted by the sale of the said lot of land with the houses thereon in City of Williamsburg called the Raleigh Tavern and the said tract of land in James City County doth adjudge and order and decree that John M. Maupin who is hereby appointed a Special Commissioner for the purpose of this decree do advertise the said lot of land and houses in the City of Williamsburg called the Raleigh Tavern and the said tract of land in James City County in the bill and proceedings mentioned for thirty days previous to the sale by notice to be posted at the Courthouse door of the City of Williamsburg and that he shall sell the same at public Auction to the highest bidder for such a sum in Cash as may be necessary to pay the Costs of this suit and expences of the said Sale and for the residue of the purchase money of the said lot of land and houses called the Raleigh Tavern on a Credit of One--two three _____ anotive years with interest from the sale and the said tract of land on a credit of One and two years with interest from the sale, that he convey the said lot and houses and tract of land to the purchasor or purchasors and take honor with sufficient security and a deed of trust on the said lot and houses for the payment of the 2 purchase money thereof in Five equal annual enstalments with interest from the sale and that he take bonds with sufficient security and a deed of trust on the said tract of land in James City County for the payment of the purchase money in two equal annual enstalments with interest from the sale. But no sale s to be made under this decree until the said John M. Maupin Guardian of the said infant defendants shall be fore the clerk of this Court enter into bond payable to the Commonwealth of Virginia in the penalty of five thousand dollars with sufficient security conditional for the faithful application of the proceeds of the sale of the aforesaid estate as the court may direct, and account for the same according to Law.

A Copy
Teste
T. Christian Ct. Cou.

Costs... D: C
Clerks fees $3.59
Atty. fees &c. 20.00
Writ tax ... .50
$24.09
Comms. on $1800.0 $45.00
5.00
$74.09

I have purchased the Raleigh Tavern & Lot this 13 Nov. 1848 according to the terms of the within decree at the sum of Eighteen Hundred Dollars.
--Parkes Slater.

Block #17 - (West from Raleigh) - Survey