1806 · Coxsackie, NY
by [Tavern Licenses] Titus, Charles
Coxsackie, NY, 1806. Two printed forms each completed in unique hand (15.5 x 21 cm. each). The earlier permit allows for Charles Titus (1760-1847) of Coxsackie to sell "spiritous liquors" in a quantity of fewer than five gallons for one year. Specifications that the liquor must not be drunk at his house, out-house, yard, or garden preclude the operation of a tavern or public house. This license is signed and sealed by Peter A. Van Bergen, Philip Conine Junr, and Jonas Bronk. Notable here is the Bronk name, a descendent of Jonas and Pieter Bronck, after whom the Bronx River, County, and Borough are named. The 1806 license-printed by Charles R. and George Webster, Albany's leading newspaper publishers and printers-permits Titus to operate a public inn or tavern for one year. License issued, signed, and sealed by Coxsackie's Commissioners of Excise. Besides his store and tavern, Titus is noted to have owned a sawmill, ashery, blacksmith shop, and trading vessel. Both documents have uneven edges with some slight foxing, otherwise very good.
(Inventory #: 3759)