A Night Inside a Colonial Tavern, 1776 | History for Sleep

Fall asleep tonight inside a colonial tavern in the year 1776, on a New England post road where taverns stood every 7 to 10 miles and 10 miles beyond Boston meant sleeping the night on the road. A single tallow candle cost about 4 pence, a whole gallon of New England rum about 1 shilling and 8 pence, and the Spanish dollar in your pocket passed at 6 shillings and was cut into 8 bits to make change. Strangers shared beds 2, 3, even 6 to a bed without a second thought, the price of your supper was set not by the landlord but by the county court, and in the year the country declared itself free the news came down the road at the speed of a horse and was read aloud over the flip. This is one lighted door in a dark country, and we do not leave it until the whole house is asleep. Subscribe to the channel: @quiethistoricnights In this video, we talk about a single night inside a colonial tavern in 1776, including the lighted door on the post road, the hostler and the horses in the dark, the taproom fire and the locked cage bar, the court-set prices and the coin of half the world, the shared supper and the making of flip with a red-hot loggerhead, the news read aloud in the year of independence, the license and the rules on the wall, the tithingman with his two-ended staff, the candles carried up the stair, the shared beds and the making of them, the banking of the fire, the barring of the door, the two sleeps of the colonial night, and the whole household put to bed one by one. 🔔 Subscribe so the next long quiet night finds you here in the dark, without your having to look for it. 💬 Comment where in the world you're listening from and which room of this old tavern stayed with you the longest. 📢 Share this with anyone who sleeps better with a little history, on Facebook, Reddit, or a quiet group chat, because you're the reason this channel exists. DISCLAIMER: This video is based on real historical events and figures, drawn from primary archives, biographies, court records, period press, and leading historical scholarship. While every video is heavily researched, occasional minor inaccuracies in dates, quotes, or specific details may occur — historical sources sometimes disagree, and interpretation is sometimes required where the historical record is silent. Any errors are unintentional. #ColonialAmerica #1776 #HistoryForSleep #ColonialTavern #BedtimeHistory #FallAsleepFast #SleepHistory #AmericanHistory #ColonialLife #18thCentury #BostonPostRoad #SleepStory #HistoryPodcast #RelaxingHistory #CalmHistory #ColonialInn #RevolutionaryWar #EverydayHistory #SleepAid #QuietHistoricNights #TavernHistory #HistoryBedtimeStory