of William Wood, which extended from High Street to Main Street and was bounded by Green Lane on the south and by what is now Wood Street on the north. The old Indian Chief Tavern stood on what is now the site of the Unitarian Church. Mr. Wood sold the whole estate to Oliver Holden, who sold that portion of it to the Second Congregational (Unitarian) Society.

The Hunnewell lot passed several conveyances, and was sold in 1817 to Joseph Thompson, who built the Hunnewell house. He did not occupy it long. Among its several occupants from that time, until 1831, Commodore Perry of naval fame may be mentioned. The writer remembers it as the well-cared-for residence of John Winship, who for some years conducted on an extensive scale the manufacture of soap and candles in the old Hyde factory in Winthrop Street. The place was originally built and laid out for a handsome and attractive residence, and this character has always been kept up. Many changes and improvements were made by Mr. Hunnewell, senior, as well as by its present occupant, the most important of which is, perhaps, the addition of the fine library-room which now contains a portion of the valuable collection of rare books, the work of the life-time, almost, of Mr. James F. Hunnewell, and which is fully worthy of the pride and enjoy. ment which its possession gives him.

Mr. Hunnewell has spent much time in oft-repeated visits to Europe, and has written several volumes of recollection and description of what he has seen. "The Lands of Scott" and "Historical Monuments of France" are volumes of much value, occupying a worthy place in all libraries, while they testify to great interest and careful, persistent study of the subjects of which they treat.

Mr. Hunnewell has been perhaps the most careful and painstaking investigator of historical matters in the early days of Charlestown, and has collected and printed many interesting facts as to town and church affairs. A list of these publications can be found in his volume entitled "The Bibliography of Charlestown." He has put on record, and in available shape, enough of the life and movement of old Charlestown, its institutions and families, to insure its prominence in town history and to warrant and gratify the pride of its residents of the present day.

To make room for the church, the old Indian Chief Tavern building was moved to the corner of Main and Miller streets, where it still stands. It was used as a public house for many years afterwards, under the name of Eagle Hotel, and, like the hostelries or taverns of its day, was a news-room for town gossip, the scene of many political, military, and social occasions, and, it is to be feared, in some measure the resort of card-players within closed doors, while the toddy-stick in summer was seldom idle and the flip-iron in winter was always ready on the hearth.

But in the locality of its old site a day for change had come. The old tavern on the side of the hill between Green and Wood lanes, with its surroundings, was gone, and the passer along Main Street looked instead upon the new brick (Unitarian) Church, completed in 1819, and upon the new, handsome brick residence fronting towards Main Street and running through from the laidout and graded Green Street to the Wood Street of the present day.

MARCH 1, 1902.

LXXI

Monument Square (concluded)

Dr. Henry Lyon-John Stowell.

HAVE before referred to the building of the house on the north side of Monument Square, by Dr. Luther V. Bell, and his residence there until the time of his death, February 11, 1862; and of its purchase soon after by Dr. Henry Lyon, who made it his home until his death, May 13, 1900.

Doctor Lyon was born December 16, 1814, in Needham (Lower Falls), where he spent his boyhood. He entered Harvard College and graduated in the class of 1835. Very soon afterwards he came to Charlestown to take up the study of medicine in the school of Dr. William J. Walker. He soon became a favorite of his instructor, and made many acquaintances which attached him to social life in Charlestown; and this without doubt, after the completion of his studies, induced him to commence the practice of his profession in this locality. He had made an impression upon the community favorable to success, and soon had a profitable practice as the advisor of many families and friends. He continued his practice here until 1850, when his decision to give it up was the cause of much regret and sorrow to his patients, who had learned to confide in his judgment and skill.

He married the youngest daughter of Dr. Abram R. Thompson, a sister to the wife of the popular Dr. J. Stearns Hurd, and his relations with the medical fraternity generally were of the pleasantest kind. Some years after the death of his first wife and of Doctor Hurd, Mrs. Hurd became his second wife.

Doctor Lyon was indebted for his opportunities of education, his college course especially, to his uncle, John Wade Damon, of whom we have elsewhere spoken as a man of wealth doing business in Havana, Cuba; and he had much to do, even while practising his profession, in looking after Mr. Damon's affairs in Boston, and in making frequent visits to Havana. This doubtless led him to the decision to give up his profession to enter into a business akin to that of his uncle, which would require his whole time.

In 1851 he formed a copartnership with Addison Gage and Timothy T. Sawyer, purchasing the interest of Jacob Hittinger in a then existing copartnership, and continued in this business until 1859, when the copartnership was dissolved.

Doctor Lyon was a man of fine education; unpretentious, and highly esteemed as a citizen, neighbor, and friend. He was a thoughtful but not an ambitious man. His mind was not easily unbalanced by first reports or sensational statements of success or failure in any direction, and he chose to run along in a quiet, comfortable way rather than to trust himself to the current of popular activity and excitement. He was a cheerful and ready giver in every good cause, but he preferred to be a follower rather than a leader, to encourage rather than direct.

He was a constant attendant at the Harvard Unitarian Church and was always deeply interested in its welfare. He represented Charlestown in the Legislature in 1881, and was a member of the Charlestown School Board for several terms, serving as its president for one year. At the time of his death he was one of the vice-presidents of the Warren Institution for Savings, having held the office for twenty years. He was elected as one of the Board of Trustees in 1863.

Doctor Lyon's home was a noted place for its hospitality, and the friends of the family were numerous. He had entertained many distinguished guests, especially among naval officers, with whom his acquaintance was extensive. Three of his daughters were the wives of naval officers Elizabeth, of Captain Thomas L. Swan; Margaret, of Captain Oliver A. Batcheller; and Sallie, of Paymaster Frank H. Swan. His son is Captain Henry W. Lyon, now in command of the battleship Olympia, of the North Atlantic Squadron. His other daughter was the wife of Dr. Edward J. Forster, whose sudden death was such a shock and grief to his host of friends. in Charlestown, his native town.

During the Civil War Doctor Lyon made a voyage to Cuba as confidential secretary to his brother-in-law, Admiral James Alden, with General W. T. Sherman on board. The latter, on his visit to Boston, testified his esteem for his shipmate and friend by a call at Doctor Lyon's house, which occasion, the writer remembers, was made an unusually enjoyable one for many friends.

The doctor lived to be an aged man- eighty-six years; but he kept up his cheerfulness to the end, which came in a manner such as, we think, he would have