Richard Arell (Arrell; Arrol; 1719-1796) of Pennsylvania came to Alexandria, Va., sometime before July 1762 and worked for a time as a merchant, before becoming an innkeeper there. GW frequently patronized his tavern in the 1760s and early 1770s, before the start of the Revolutionary War (see Miller, Artisans and Merchants of Alexandria, 1:14).
Birth:
1719
Death:
1796
Gender:
Male
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Citation
The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008.