As tensions peaked because of the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, the tavern's owner, Mathias Aspden, Jr., had gone to England for his education and returned a staunch Loyalist. He sold his tavern to Thomas Redman, who ran the village apothecary shop.
As tensions increased following the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, Mathias Aspden Jr., the tavern's proprietor, had studied in England and returned as a Loyalist. He subsequently sold his tavern to Thomas Redman, who operated the village apothecary shop.