Monday, June 29, 2015

June 29th Newburyport Markers 4 of them.




On High Street (Massachusetts Route 113) at High Street & Jefferson Street when traveling east on High Street.
First ferry across the Merrimack river from Newbury to Salisbury, established about 1639, and the only route from Boston to the eastern frontier. In 1641 George Carr was appointed ferryman with rights which continued in his family for generations.



On State Street at Prospect Street, on the right when traveling north on State Street.
Built in 1746 by Michael Dalton, later the residence of his son, Tristram Dalton, one of the first two United States Senators from Massachusetts. Here were entertained George Washington and other distinguished men.


On High Street (Massachusetts Route 113), on the right when traveling east.
On this site dwelt Edward Rawson, secretary of the bay colony for thirty-six years, deputy to the General Court for twelve years, elected clerk of the House of Deputies in 1645, he died in Boston 1693. —



On Merrimac St., on the left when traveling east.
Near this spot was "Watts Cellar," a landmark before the settlement of Newbury in 1635. An excavation used for the storage of fish by fishermen who visited the New England coast. —


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