1730/00/00 |
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Peter Brown builds a house (left side of current structure). |
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1760/00/00 |
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Located on one of America's oldest highways, the Boston Post Road, Timothy Wetmore, son of Rev James Wetmore, begins operating Square House as an inn and tavern. |
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1770/00/00 |
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Dr Ebenezer Haviland, a surgeon and a barber, buys the Square House. Dr Haviland also acted as town supervisor, town clerk and leader of the Rye Patriots. |
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1774/00/00 |
John Adams |
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During 1774, John and Samuel Adams stay at the Square House as they travel to and from the Continental Congress. |
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1774/00/00 |
Samuel Adams |
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During 1774, John and Samuel Adams stay at the Square House as they travel to and from the Continental Congress. |
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1774/08/10 |
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At a meeting probably held at the Dr Haviland's House, Rye residents form a committee, headed by Dr Haviland, to support the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and protest taxation without representation. |
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1775/08/04 |
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Dr Haviland is made a surgeon in the Continental Army, remaining in the military until his death on 28 July 1781 in Connecticut. It is not known whether he died of battle wounds or disease. |
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1779/00/00 |
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Mrs Haviland, having fled the Square House during the American Revolution, returns, operating the tavern and inn until 1799. |
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1789/10/15 |
George Washington |
Guest |
President Washington stops at Widow Haviland's, writing in his diary: After dinner, through frequent light showers we proceeded to the Tavern of a Mrs Haviland at Rye, who keeps a very neat and decent Inn.... |
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United States of America's First Presidential Tour |
1789/11/12 |
George Washington |
Guest |
GW notes in his diary: A little after sunrise we left Marvin's, at Fairfield, and breakfast at Stamford, 13 miles distance, reached the Widow Haviland's, 12 miles further: where on acct of some lame hose, we remained all night. |
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United States of America's First Presidential Tour |
1824/08/20 |
Marquis de Lafayette |
Guest |
Marquis de Lafayette dines at Penfield's Inn. |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |
1835/00/00 |
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David Mead, postmaster of Rye, buys Penfield's Inn, and turns it back into a private residence. |
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