Washington's steward, a French West Indian named "Black Sam", owned this NYC tavern off & on for 23 years
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Book Web Sampler : The President's Table | E-book - HarperCollins  Washington employed Black Sam Fraunces, the West Indian owner of the New ... Both invitations use a typeface called James II, used for official documents ... On January 1, 1801, President Adams held a New Year's Day reception at the ... the marketing for dinners, accompanying his French steward Etienne Lemaire to...
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Samuel Fraunces - Wikipedia  Samuel Fraunces was an American restaurateur and owner/operator of Fraunces Tavern in ... Fraunces later served as steward of Washington's presidential household in New York ... the Revolutionary era, Fraunces was commonly referred to as 'Black Sam. ... It is believed that he was born in the West Indies about 1722.
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PF 1: 92 American Newspapers 1765-1783 : Washington and Lee ...  Russians at Constantinople / French King is ill / William Goddard seeks to start ... ship blown off course, arrives in New-York only to be told of the Boston Tea Party. ... Boston siege / The situation in Boston / West Indian Colonies oppose Boston ..... in New-York, Roger Morris's house and Black Sam's [Fraunces] tavern are hit...
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"A Survey of the African American Presence in the History of the ...  (2) Initiated in 1624, the colony's population also included English, French, German, ... The colony was under the control of the Dutch West Indian Company. ... Although the actual year of the earliest presence of persons of African descent in .... was a West Indian migrant to New York by the name of "Black Sam" Fraunces.
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The Food Timeline--Presidents food favorites  George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison .... [Modernized breakfast recipes in this book include: Indian Hoe Cakes, Peggy Stewart Tea, Rice ... of France and Spain--and the Governor of the Western Territory--the Hon. ... tavern where Washington had said farewell to his officers, 'tossed off such a...
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Tour Fraunces Tavern Museum | Video | C-SPAN.org  Jan 24, 2014 ... Fraunces Tavern Museum Jessica Baldwin Phillips toured the Fraunces Tavern ... reconstructed 1719 building where General George Washington bid farewell to his officers in 1783. ... THIS WAS BUILT IN 1719. ..... gave a tour of the Museum of the City of New York and spoke about how New York City's
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Nickname of New York City saloonkeeper & restauranteur Bernard ...  Jul 7, 2016 ... Nickname of New York City saloonkeeper & restauranteur Bernard Shor ... General George Patton's visceral nickname # Quiz # Question. 0:29.
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William Tweed - Boss of Tammany Hall - Awesome Stories  George Washington Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, New York's Democratic political machine, ... He died, at Ludlow Street Jail, on the 12th of April, 1878. His remains...
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George Washington in the French and Indian War - Wikipedia  George Washington (February 22, 1732  December 14, 1799) commanded the Continental ... He served from 1755 until 1758 as colonel and commander of the Virginia ... Unable to get a commission in the British Army, Washington then resigned ..... 1759, Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, a wealthy Virginia...
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Tammany Hall - Wikipedia  Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789, as the Tammany Society. It was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in ... The name "Tammany" comes from Tamanend, a Native American leader of...
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Bill Dwyer (mobster) - Wikipedia  William Vincent Dwyer (18831946), known as "Big Bill" Dwyer, was an early Prohibition ... In his heyday he reportedly ran a fleet of 20 rum-runners. ... However, in 1925, Dwyer was arrested for attempting to bribe members of the Coast Guard during an ... Dwyer paid $75,000 to turn the Tigers into the New York Americans.
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Washington bids farewell to his officers - Dec 04, 1783 - HISTORY.com  On this day in 1783, future President George Washington, then commanding ... summons his military officers to Fraunces Tavern in New York City to inform them...
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Samuel Osgood House (New York City) - Wikipedia  The Samuel Osgood House (demolished in 1856), also known as the Walter Franklin House, was an eighteenth-century mansion at the northeast corner of Pearl and Cherry Streets in Manhattan. It served as the first Presidential Mansion, housing George Washington, his ... Hoffman, Henry B. "President Washington's Cherry Street Residence.
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A fork in the road: Formal dining's out, but manners still count  Jan 20, 2016 ... Sylvain Briens, director of food and beverage at the Rittenhouse Hotel, checks a glass he he just polished at Lacroix. by Beth D'Addono, For the...
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Antoine's Restaurant @ Media Nola  [1] In 1868, the restaurant moved down the street to 65 St. Louis Street, later renamed 713 ... in search of wealth and prosperity, Mr. Alciatore made berth in New York City. ... Mr. Alciatore sent word to his fiance in New York, Julie Sophie Freyss, and within five .... Guste, Roy F. Jr. Antoine's Restaurant Cookbook: Since 1840.
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Emeril Legasse | David SheffDavid Sheff  Aug 18, 1995 ... Legasse, wearing a starched white coat and pleated chefs hat, ... and is known for bamming and such platitudes as, Pork fat rules. ... After graduating, he worked in restaurant kitchens in France, New ... In 1982, at 26 years old, he left the East for New Orleans for the top job at Commander's Palace where...
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The Manhattan project: A bartender spills his secrets on the king of ...  Sep 20, 2007 ... "The Manhattan cocktail was invented by a man named Black who kept ... and didn't need all the sugar of Martini & Rossi or Vya," he says. ... quite magnificent, though, so the drink can be used as a jumping-off ... Buich also mandates that his bartenders stir their Manhattans over ice long enough for them to...
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Ten Facts About George Washington and the French & Indian War ...  George Washington was a raw and ambitious 21-year old when he was first ... Painting showing George Washington during his French & Indian War days. ... On May 28, 1754, Washington's party stealthily approached the French camp at dawn. ... De Villiers left Fort Duquesne with nearly 600 French soldiers and Canadian...
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Thomas Jefferson and slavery - Wikipedia  Throughout his life, the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, owned hundreds ..... From the 1770s on, Jefferson wrote of supporting gradual emancipation, ... President Washington gave the slave owners in Saint Domingue (Haiti) ..... Onuf, and his collaborator Ari Helo, inferred from Jefferson's words and...
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Macomb's Mansion - Marshall Davies Lloyd  George Washington rented Macomb's Mansion on Broadway. ... New York City, marks the site of the Executive Mansion first occupied by the First President ... Much thought was given by the President and Mrs. Washington to the proper .... The residence which he built there for his family, was one of the most elegant in New...
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Tavern on the Green - Upper West Side - New York Magazine ...  See the review of this American Traditional restaurant at 67th St. and Central ... In the case of Tavern on the Green, however, you can't blame successive ... of a hospitality operation originally from Philadelphia called the Emerald Green Group. ... and neither was the perhaps too salty single-origin-chocolate mousse, made...