Newburyport


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North America, New England Seaport, City Newburyport

City (1990 pop. 16,317; 2000 pop. 17,189), (cap.) Essex co., NE Mass., at the mouth of the Merrimack R. Its silverware industry dates from colonial times; textiles, scientific instruments, and electronic equip. are also made. Summer resort; antiques; fishing; whale watching.

An early shipbuilding, whaling, and shipping center, it declined after Jefferson’s embargo of 1808 and the War of 1812. Birthplace of U.S. Coast Guard and Plum Isl. Coast Guard Station. There are several historic and maritime museums here.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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