Timeline of Newburyport, Massachusetts

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

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
  • Isaiah Thomas opens "a printing house in King Street."^[5]
  • Essex Journal newspaper begins publication.^[6][7]
• 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
  • Society for the Relief of Aged Females founded.^[9][10]
  • U.S. Custom House built.^[11]
• 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
  • Newburyport Public Library founded.^[9]
  • Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank incorporated.^[9]
• 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

• 1904 - South End Reading Room Association formed.^[9]
• 1906 - Newburyport Homeoepathic Hospital opens.^[9]
• 1917 - Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Newburyport founded.
• 1968 - Newburyport Maritime Society established.^[11]
• 1971 - Market Square Historic District added to National Register of Historic Places.
• 1971-79 - Downtown undergoes major renewal and historic preservation effort.
• 1991 - Actors Studio of Newburyport founded.^[14][15]
• 1994 - Sister city relationship established with Bura, Taita-Taveta District, Kenya.^[16][17]

See also

• Timeline of Massachusetts^[18]

Other cities in Massachusetts

• Timeline of Boston
• Timeline of Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Timeline of Gloucester, Massachusetts
• Timeline of Haverhill, Massachusetts
• Timeline of Lawrence, Massachusetts
• Timeline of Lowell, Massachusetts
• Timeline of Lynn, Massachusetts
• Timeline of New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Timeline of Salem, Massachusetts
• Timeline of Somerville, Massachusetts
• Timeline of Waltham, Massachusetts
• Timeline of Worcester, Massachusetts

References

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

• Caleb Cushing (1826), The history and present state of the town of Newburyport, Newburyport: Printed by E.W. Allen, OCLC 9488117 
• Joshua Coffin (1845), A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845, Boston: S.G. Drake, OCLC 1556618 
• Euphemia Vale Blake (1854), History of Newburyport, Newburyport, Boston: Damrell and Moore 
• Joseph Sabin, ed. (1881). "Newburyport, Mass.". Bibliotheca Americana. 13. New York. OCLC 13972268. 
• John J. Currier (1896), Ould Newbury, Boston: Damrell and Upham, OCLC 2482841 

Published in the 20th century

• John J. Currier (1902), History of Newbury, Mass., 1635-1902, Boston: Damrell & Upham, OCLC 2303477 
• Oliver B. Merrill. North End Papers, 1618-1880, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Newburyport Daily News, 1906-1908.
• Samuel Eliot Morison (1921). "Newburyport and Nantucket". Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783–1860. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 
• Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Newburyport", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Boston: Houghton Mifflin 
• Fanny Louise Walton. Historic nuggets of Newburyport. Newburyport, Mass.: Newburyport Press, 1958
• Stephan Thernstrom (1964), Poverty and progress: social mobility in a nineteenth century city, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, OL 24748995M 

Published in the 21st century

• Bethany Groff (2008), Old Newbury, Charleston, SC: History Press, ISBN 9781596294813 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newburyport, Massachusetts.

• Newbury375.org. Old photos of Newburyport
• Digital Public Library of America. Works related to Newburyport, MA, various dates

Images

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

Coordinates: 42°48′45″N 70°52′40″W / 42.8125°N 70.877778°W / 42.8125; -70.877778

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