Thanks to my friend Matt H over at the Pittsburgh Hoagie. He brought my attention to an article from the Trib yesterday that I completely missed..........
West End tavern Old Stone Inn might have played role in Whiskey Rebellion
By Tony LaRussaTRIBUNE-REVIEWThursday, April 2, 2009
An accounts ledger from the late 1790s indicates that some of the legends associated with a West End tavern that preservationists are trying to protect might be true.
The city's Historic Review Commission on Wednesday took public comment on whether the former Old Stone Inn — believed to be the second-oldest building in Pittsburgh — should be designated as a historic landmark. Doing so would require the building's owner to get the commission's permission before tearing it down or altering its exterior.
Katherine Molnar, the city's historic preservation planner, told the commission the ledger, which covers the years 1793-96, contains possible evidence that the Greentree Road tavern played a role in the Whiskey Rebellion, a late 18th-century uprising by people across Western Pennsylvania who opposed a federal excise tax on liquor.
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My 5th Great Grandfather was Daniel Elliott. I think that he may have built that Tavern. I know that he owned all the property in that area. He died in 1790.
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