Brown, Owen, 1771-1856 Almon Kingsbury petition for tavern licence
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04463.06 Author/Creator: Brown, Owen, 1771-1856 Place Written: Hudson, Ohio Type: Document signed Date: 3 September 1830 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Petitioning the Court of Common Pleas in Portage County, Ohio for a tavern license. State their opinion that "a tavern is needed at the center of Hudson...that the house lately occupied by Owen Brown Esqr...would constitute a favorable stand for said tavern, and that Almon Kingsbury who now occupies said house is a suitable person to keep said tavern." Signed by Owen Brown and 13 others, including Gideon Mills, Oliver Brown, Heman Humphrey. Title from docket.
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