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The etching was drawn from a wet plate negative taken in 1855, now owned by the author. It stood on the corner of Fleet and North Streets, near Scarlett's Wliarf. Other taverns stood near it ; notably, The Ship Tavern, 1650-1866; and The Red Lyon, 1654. When Josselyn made his second voyage to New England in 1663, he landed in Boston, and " having gratified the men, " he writes, who rowed him ashore, " we repaired to an ordinary (for so they call their Taverns there) where we were provided with ...a liberal cup of burnt Madeira wine, and store of plum-cake. " In 1647, "upon complaint of great disorder that hath been observed, and is like further to increase by the use of the game called shovel-board in houses of common entertainment, whereby much precious time is spent unfruitfully and much waste of wine and beer occasioned thereby, " the use of it is forbidden at inns. 67 "1l. . -. , -1 "i'M^ i THE GREEN DRAGON TAVERN UNION STREET A HANDSOME tablet is inserted in the wall of the present building, now loeated on the spot on which stood this noted building.
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