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Newburyport, Essex, MA
The abolitionist movement reached a peak with the activities of William Lloyd Garrison, who was born in Newburyport and raised in its anti-slavery climate. His statue stands in Brown Square, which was the scene of abolitionist meetings. kids.kiddle.co
Newburyport includes: Worcester Heights, Artichoke, Belleville, Daltonville, Flat Iron Point, Guinea, Joppa, Moultonville, Plum Island, and Three Roads.
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1635 - Newburyport is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1764 - Newburyport is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - NEWBURYPORT. [Pop, 7,161. Inc. 1764.]
This town was the port of Newbury until it was separated by the
act of incorporation.
It is compactly built, and is remarkable for containing... Read MORE...
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1851 - Newburyport is incorporated as a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1854 - Newburyport
Newburyport, a city, port of entry, and one of the capitals of Essex county, Massachusetts, 34 miles N. by E. from Boston, is situated on the right... Read MORE...
1857 - Rescue of the Missing Newburyport Pilot.
The Newburyport Herald of the 25th inst. has the following account of the arrival home of the missing and mourned pilot:-
The day of miracles is... Read MORE...
1868 - The man who now pays the largest income tax in Newburyport, Mass., began life by working in the Newburyport Herald office for two dollars and a half a week.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
May 30, 1868
1869 - The recent earthquake at the East was very severe at Newburyport, Mass.,
shaking the doors and windows and many movable things in the houses. The people generally were awakened by the commotion. An old brick mansion, built ... Read MORE...
1871 - A Newburyport, Mass., dispatch states that Leonard Choate, known as the Newburyport "Fire-bug" has been sentenced to state prison for life, for committing numerous incendiary acts in that city and vicinity.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 18, 1871
1888 - Three earthquake shocks occurred on the morning of the 23d at Newburyport, Mass., and houses four miles from town were violently shaken.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 28, 1888
1888 - On the 19th Mrs. Elizabeth Worth White, of Newburyport, Mass., celebrated her one hundredth birthday.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
November 24, 1888
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1890 Newburyport Massachusetts
NEWBURYPORT, anciently the port of Newbury, and now a port of entry, a city, and a seat of justice for Essex County, is delightfully situated on the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Newburyport
Newburyport, naber-e-port', a city, port of entry, and one of the capitals of Essex co., Mass., is finely situated £n the S. bank of the Merrimac, 3... Read MORE...
1903 - Injured in Ball Game
Andrew Pettingill 17 years old, and a member of the senior class of the Newburyport High school, was seriously injured in a ball game at the local... Read MORE...
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1906
Newburyport, a city, port of entry, and one of the captials of Essex co., Mass., is finely situated on the S. bank of the Merrimac River, 3 miles... Read MORE...
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