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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04463.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family |
| Title | Almon Kingsbury petition for tavern license |
| Date | 3 September 1830 |
| Author | Brown, Owen (1771-1856) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | John Brown Alcohol Commerce Merchants and Trade Diet and Nutrition Petition Judiciary |
| People | Brown, Owen (1771-1856) Brown, Oliver Owen (1804-1858) Humphrey, Heman (1779-1861) Brown, John (1800-1859) |
| Place written | Hudson, Ohio |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Owen Brown was John Brown's father. Gideon Mills was a relative of John Brown's most likely an uncle on his mother's side. Brown had a grandfather with this name, but he was dead by 1830. Oliver Brown was John Brown's brother. Heman Humphrey was a Reverend, the President of Amherst College, and John Brown's cousin. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |