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This is a timeline of the history of Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

17th-18th centuries

  • 1635 - Newbury incorporated.[1]
  • 1761 - Belleville Congregational Church founded.[2][3]
  • 1764 - Newburyport incorporated (formerly part of Newbury).
  • 1772 - Marine Society of Newburyport established.[4]
  • 1773
  • 1790 - Population: 4,837.[8]
  • 1793 - Impartial Herald newspaper begins publication.[6][7]
  • 1794
    • Morning Star newspaper begins publication.[7]
    • Newburyport Woolen Manufacturing Co. established.[9]
  • 1795
    • Political Gazette newspaper begins publication.[6][7]
    • Merrimack Bank incorporated.[9]
  • 1797 - Newburyport Herald newspaper begins publication.[7]
  • 1799 - Newburyport Marine Insurance Co. incorporated.[9]

19th century

Newburyport, 1894
  • 1801 - American Intelligencer newspaper published.[7]
  • 1802 - Merrimac Humane Society established.[10]
  • 1803
    • Merrimack Gazette and New England Repertory newspapers begin publication.[7]
    • Newburyport Female Charitable Society organized.[9][10]
    • Merrimack Fire and Marine Insurance Co. incorporated.[9]
  • 1804 - Political Calendar newspaper begins publication.[7]
  • 1805 - Merrimack Magazine begins publication.[7]
  • 1807 - Newburyport Gazette newspaper begins publication.[7]
  • 1808 - Statesman newspaper begins publication.[7]
  • 1810
    • Newburyport Mechanick Association and Newburyport Athenaeum incorporated.[9]
    • Independent Whig newspaper begins publication.[7]
    • Merrimack Bible Society organized.[9]
  • 1812 - Washington Benevolent Society organized.[9]
  • 1818 - Howard Benevolent Society instituted "for the relief of the sick and destitute."[10]
  • 1825 - Newburyport Hosiery Co. established.[9]
  • 1829 - Newburyport Lyceum organized.[9]
  • 1835
  • 1836
    • Newburyport Linnean Society and Newburyport Steam Cotton Co. incorporated.[9]
    • Newburyport Silk Co.[9] and Newburyport Ladies' Bethel Society[10] established.
  • 1837 - Bartlet Steam Mills incorporated.[9]
  • 1840 - Pleasant Street Christian Church organized.[10]
  • 1841 - Essex North District Medical Society organized.[10]
  • 1842 - James Steam Mills incorporated.[9]
  • 1844 - Essex Steam Mills incorporated.[9]
  • 1845 - Globe Steam Mills and Ocean Steam Mills incorporated.[9]
  • 1850
    • Ladies' General Charitable Society instituted.[10]
    • Newburyport Gas Co. incorporated.[9]
  • 1851 - June 18: Essex North Musical convention held.[9]
  • 1852 - Merrimack Library Association organized.[9]
  • 1854
  • 1855 - Newburyport Library Association organized.[9]
  • 1857 - Mechanic Library Association incorporated.[9]
  • 1865 - Washington Street Methodist Episcopal Church organized.[10]
  • 1869 - Merrimack Marine Railway Co. incorporated.[9]
  • 1874 - Newburyport Mutual Benefit Association organized.[10]
  • 1877 - Antiquarian and Historical Society of Old Newbury established.[9][12][13]
  • 1878 - Newburyport Athenaeum organized.[9]
  • 1884 - Newburyport YMCA incorporated.[9]
  • 1886 - Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Men incorporated.[9]
  • 1887 - Newburyport Electric Light & Power Co. incorporated.[9]
  • 1888 - Daily News established.
  • 1890
    • YWCA of Newburyport incorporated.[9]
    • City Improvement society organized.[9]
  • 1896 - Newburyport Choral Union organized.[9]

20th century

21st century

See also

Other cities in Massachusetts

References

  1. ^ Robert Noxon Toppan (1885), Two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Newbury, Newburyport: The Society, OCLC 9488114
  2. ^ "History". Newburyport: Belleville Congregational Church.
  3. ^ Daniel Taggart Fiske. An historical discourse commemorative of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Belleville Congregational Church, Newburyport, Mass., delivered on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1858. E.P. Dutton & Co., 1859
  4. ^ Acts of incorporation and by-laws of the marine society of Newburyport, in Massachusetts, Newburyport, MA: Printed by Whitton & Hale, 1846
  5. ^ Thomas, Isaiah (1874). History of printing in America (2nd ed.). Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  6. ^ a b c "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Massachusetts". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Brigham, Clarence S. (October 1915). "Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820; part 4: Massachusetts (except Boston)". Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 25(2): 396-501. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  8. ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai John J. Currier (1909), History of Newburyport, Mass., 1764-1909, Newburyport: J. Currier (v.2)
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sampson, Davenport & Co. (Boston). Newburyport Directory, 1874. Newburyport: Stephen H. Fowle, 1874
  11. ^ a b "About Us". Custom House Museum. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  12. ^ Andrew McFarland Davis (Feb 1893), "Historical work in Massachusetts", Transactions, Colonial Society of Massachusetts
  13. ^ "Historical Society of Old Newbury". Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  14. ^ "About Us". Actors Studio of Newburyport. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  15. ^ "Member Directory". Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  16. ^ "Newburyport Bura Alliance". Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  17. ^ "Out of Amesbury and Newburyport to Africa, and Back", Boston Globe, January 30, 2000 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Chronology", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Boston: Houghton Mifflin {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

Further reading

Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
Published in the 21st century
  • Bethany Groff (2008), Old Newbury, Charleston, SC: History Press, ISBN 9781596294813
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Images

  • 1805 satirical portrait by James Akin of Edmund M. Blunt wielding skillet against the artist (Worcester Art Museum)
    1805 satirical portrait by James Akin of Edmund M. Blunt wielding skillet against the artist (Worcester Art Museum)
  • Dexter mansion, 1810
    Dexter mansion, 1810
  • Newburyport, 1840s
    Newburyport, 1840s
  • Newburyport, 1851
    Newburyport, 1851
  • Newburyport, 19th century
    Newburyport, 19th century
  • Newburyport, 1880
    Newburyport, 1880
  • Public library, 19th century
    Public library, 19th century
  • Pleasant Street, c. 19th century
    Pleasant Street, c. 19th century

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