_South-Boston, August 8, 1817._
_Columbian Centinel._
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The "Jews-Harp Club" indicates the state of music in Salem in 1815.
_Jews-Harp Club._
THE first meeting of this Society will be holden at the Essex
Coffee House, _This Evening_ at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of
electing Officers and organizing the Society.
_April 25, 1815._
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In 1814 the Essex Coffee House in Salem, formerly the residence of the
Hon. William Gray (Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts), was opened by
Prince Stetson, as the following advertisements show.
_ESSEX COFFEE-HOUSE._
PRINCE STETSON informs the public that he has closed the doors
of the SALEM HOTEL and taken that spacious and elegant brick
house, (the late mansion of the Hon. _Wm. Gray_,) in
ESSEX-STREET, a few rods west of the Sun Tavern, now known by
the name of the ESSEX COFFEE-HOUSE; where he will be happy to
accommodate Travellers, Parties, Fire Clubs, and all other
guests who may honor him with their company.
He rests his claims for patronage on a Larder well supplied
with the choicest viands which the markets afford--a cellar
stocked with the best Wines and other Liquors which can be
procured--and the assiduous attention of civil and capable
Servants, together with his own personal exertions to give
every satisfaction to his guests. [6w] _Salem, July 4, 1814._
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