Fraunces Tavern, at the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets was originally built in 1719. Purchased by Samuel Fraunces in 1762, it operated as boarding house with a bar until the 1840s.In August 1775, Alexander Hamilton began to dismantle British cannons at the battery. In response The British ship HNS Asia fired a cannon ball blasted through the roof of the Tavern. The sons of Liberty convened here as they secretly planned and plotted against the British government. In 1783 W