SIGNED - MADDEN'S TAVERN - PELHAM SLEPT HERE - CIVIL WAR CULPEPER VIRGINIA FINE

Description: MADDEN’S TAVERN PELHAM SLEPT HERE A HISTORY COMPILED BY T.O. MADDEN, JR. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR FIRST EDITION FINE CONDITION Original, Clean, Tight, Antique Wrap/Booklet Illustrated with Documents; Contains a Bibliography PRINTED BY T.O. MADDEN, JR. ELKWOOD, VIRGINIA IN 1981 A rare occurrence in antebellum, Virginia, Madden’s Tavern once functioned as a prime example of black entrepreneurship. The building was completed in 1840, and was run by a free black man named Willis Madden. Before running his own business, Madden worked a variety of trades, including a blacksmith, distiller, cobbler, teamster, farm laborer, and nail maker. Using the money and experience earned from these jobs, Madden was able to buy eighty-seven acres in Culpeper County, and set up his business at the crossroads of Old Fredericksburg Road and Peola-Mills-Kellysville Road. The business included a four-room main building, a general store, , a blacksmith wheelwright shop, and several other outbuildings and shed. The western half of the tavern contained the family living quarters, and the eastern portion consisted of a downstairs public room and a loft for overnight guests. The railroad developments of the 1850s hit Madden's enterprise hard, giving the business little time to recover before it suffered extensive damage during the Civil War. The Civil War would devastate Culpeper County and Madden's Tavern was no exception. In August 1862, Confederate and Union forces skirmished along the road from Madden's Tavern to Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock River. In 1863, the Union Army visited the property and carried away horses and feed and damaged the property. After the Civil War, a person who had not borne arms against the United States was entitled to an indemnity for any damages sustained and property carried away or destroyed. Madden filed an indemnity and in 1873, he was allowed $879.00. Madden's Tavern, however, never recovered from the devastation caused to the Culpeper countryside and people during the Civil War. After the Civil War, Willis Madden continued to farm the land, but the tavern never reopened. THIS BOOKLET IS IN FINE CONDITION This first edition booklet is signed and dated by the author and is in fine condition. It is clean and tight. The author’s signature is sharp and clear on the title page. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. There is no other writing in the book and it has no smudging, foxing, stamps, pasteboard or other markings. It is not an ex-library booklet. The book has facsimile documents in it. 24 pages. An excellent condition, first edition, author signed, booklet related to Madden’s Tavern. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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