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Show J Early Coffee Houses iii Tlie first coffee house in London ' was established in 1G52. Sir Henry '; Blunt is sometimes called the father "t(; f the English coffee hou?es. They 111 ,;. wore political institutions during the s r-i;n of the Stuarts. In lOTo Charles Issued a proclamaliiin for the suppres-;0' suppres-;0' Sinn of them, but It was recalled te:i '',,) days later. They became the meeting :M s of statesmen, wits, merchant?, i':i.sli!m:i!.l, Idlers. They did much to ouicken and enlarge the mental Ufe of the town. In 170S there were near'y 3,000 of them in LonJnn a'.oue. The coffee house resembled the mod- era dub. W!1S ,0SS exclusive, and not so lusurioue. soiiu. of he popular coffee houses we.e. 4h Cheshire Cheese" a favonte imuel Johnson ; "St. the .cC". Ur o 'Political news and di scussion "Button's." where A-Mison c .e nd spent live or six hour, n .l.o. effee house had its curie of great men. |