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The Buttery Books

This series of volumes covers the period from 1745 to 1902 and contains a weekly or daily record of the names of members dining in Hall, including their guests at Grand Day. These volumes offer an insight to when members were physically present at the Inn, and with whom they might have come into contact socially while dining. One example of this is the number of future American Revolutionaries who are seen to have been dining together in Hall including John Laurens, Edward Rutledge, John Dickinson and Thomas Pinckney. Volume 12 of this series (1887-1894) is currently unavailable. Unfortunately, these records are not currently searchable, but we hope to make them so in the future. 


1745-1758 1759-1772 1773-1793
1794-1819 1819-1836 1836-1845
1845-1859 1859-1867 1867-1874
1874-1881 1881-1887 1894-1902