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Newburyport Women at Sea

Newburyport Women at Sea

by | Sep 17, 2024 | History

Newburyport Women at Sea When discussing women who accompanied their husbands to sea, particularly in Newburyport, it is within a frame of reference specific to merchant shipping, where the practice of bringing wives and small children along on voyages was not begun...
Three Become One: Birth of the U.S. Coast Guard

Three Become One: Birth of the U.S. Coast Guard

by | Sep 17, 2024 | History

Three Become One: Birth of the U.S. Coast Guard U.S. REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE Established by an Act of Congress on August 4, 1790, authorizing the construction and equipment of cutters to enforce the collection of customs and tonnage duties, the Revenue Cutter Service...
Coffin Stream Assemblage and Abenaki Arrival

Coffin Stream Assemblage and Abenaki Arrival

by | Sep 17, 2024 | History

Coffin Stream Assemblage and Abenaki Arrival Archaeological excavations in Newburyport, along the Merrimack (Molodemak in Abenaki), unearthed an Archaic period assemblage confirming thousands of years of occupation. Near the confluence of the Molodemak and Coffin...
Shipbuilding in Newburyport

Shipbuilding in Newburyport

by | Sep 10, 2024 | History

Shipbuilding in Newburyport Newburyport was geographically well-suited to become one of America’s premier early ship building centers. The town’s location along the Merrimack River provided access to the forests of New Hampshire and Maine, where hardwood for ship...
Shipbuilder Donald McKay

Shipbuilder Donald McKay

by | Sep 10, 2024 | History

Shipbuilder Donald McKay Nova Scotian Donald McKay began working as a shipbuilder in New York, in the late 1820s. There, he met and married Albenia Boole, the eldest daughter in a family of shipbuilders. She taught McKay algebra, trigonometry, and drafting skills,...