On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress commissioned the innkeeper and former Quaker Samuel Nicholas to raise two battalions of Marines in Philadelphia. In October 1775 a seven man Naval Committee including John Adams appointed by Congress crafted articles of war to build America's first naval fleet.Īccording to tradition, Tun Tavern was where the United States Marines held their first recruitment drive. The tavern later hosted a meeting of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress.
In 1756, Benjamin Franklin used the inn as a recruitment gathering point for the Pennsylvania militia as it prepared to fight Native American uprisings. Tun Tavern was a significant meeting place for other groups and individuals. George's Society, helped newly arrived Scottish. In 1747, Tun Tavern became the founding place of the St. The Masonic Temple of Philadelphia recognizes Tun Tavern as the birthplace of Masonic teachings in America.
1 of the Grand Lodge of the Masonic Temple. In 1732, the tavern hosted the first meetings of St. George's Society (a charitable organization founded to assist needy Englishmen arriving in the new colony-predecessor of today's Sons of the Society of St. Tun Tavern hosted the first meetings of a number of organizations.
In the 1740s, a restaurant appellation, "Peggy Mullan's Red Hot Beef Steak Club" was added to the name of the tavern. Tun Tavern was named for the Old English word "tun", meaning a barrel or keg of beer. Joshua Carpenter built the Tun on the caraway that led to Carpenter's Wharf. The tavern was erected in 1686 at the intersection of King (later called Water) Street and Tun Alley by settler Joshua Carpenter, brother of Samuel Carpenter, a Quaker merchant who made a fortune trading in Barbados.
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