Burns' Coffee House, originally known as the DeLancey House, played a crucial role during the early days of America. Located across from Bowling Green, it provided a venue for socializing and business. On October 31, 1765, New York merchants signed the New York Non-Importation Agreement here, pledging not to purchase British goods in protest of the Stamp Act. Later, this site is believed to have housed Benedict Arnold after his defection from the American military, marking its place in both patriotic and controversial chapters of American history.
Burns' Coffee House, in which the first non-importation agreement of the colonies was signed on the 31st of October, 1765, by the merchants of the City of New York
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Front view of Burns' Coffee-House, Broadway, opposite the Bowling Green