On a plaque commemorating this historic event:
After the Revolutionary on December 4th 1783 general George Washington bade an emotional farewell to his officers at a banquet held in the Long Room located on the second floor of this avern. Samuel Francis, a West Indian innkeeper, was the proprietor he later became Washington chief steward Francis also an American patriot, was host to secret meetintgs of the Sons of Liberty and gave aid to American prisoners of war. The present building, purchased by the sons of the revolution in 1904, was restored by them on this site and has since been maintained by them
Plaque provided by the New York Community Trust in 1976.