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Another tavern, somewhat famous for many years, stood on the southerly side of Mount Auburn Street, about midway between Brighton and Dunster Streets. It seems to have been first opened in 1726, by John Stedman, grandson of Robert Stedman, the former owner of the same estate.
He was succeeded, in 1728, by his widow, Sarah Stedman, and she, in 1734, by her son Ebenezer Stedman, who died Sept. 13, 1785, aged 76.
Time would fail me should I attempt to enumerate and describe all the inn-holders who have flourished in Cambridge.
During the first century after the foundation of the town, licenses were granted to the following named persons (and perhaps others) besides those who have already been mentioned:—
Daniel Champney, 1691.
William Russell, 1696-1715.
Samuel Phipps, 1707-1709.
Elizabeth Phipps, 1710-1712.
Edward Marrett, 1709.
Susanna Stacey, 1709, 1713-1715.
Hannah Stacey, 1712, 1716-1724.
Ruth Child, 1713-1715.
Samuel Robinson, 1714-1720.
John Smith, 1715-1717.
James Ingham, 1716-1720.
Samuel Smith, 1716-1735.
James Cutler, 1718-1735.
Thomas Thompson, 1721-1724.
Elizabeth Thompson, 1725.
Thomas Brown, 1721.
William Bond, 1722-1724.
Peter Oliver, 1727-1729.
Joshua Gamage, 1729-1731.
Daniel Champney, Jr., 1730-1733.
Thomas Holt, 1730-1731.
Thomas Dana, 1731-1735.
William Bowen, 1732.
Jonathan Starr, 1735.
During the early part of the present century, the Davenport Tavern, at the westerly corner of North Avenue and Beech Street, was widely celebrated for the concoction of flip; and in
Boston. Houghton and Mifflin. 1877.
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