North End Papers 1618-1880, Newburyport, Massachusetts: Development of the North End of the City"The North End Papers, 1618-1880," by Oliver B. Merrill, were originally published in installments in the "Newburyport [Massachusetts] Daily News" in 1906 and 1908. The author, a lifelong resident of the North End of the town, had as his purpose to "trace the ownership of the land from the first owners of the sold down to modern time [1908], and to give the history of the substantial and solidly built houses that have stood the sunshine and storms of more than a century, and are good for the use of many generations yet to come." Not content merely to transcribe Merrill's original articles, Margaret Motes scoured the collections of the History Society of Old Newbury for relevant photographs of the North End, as well as shot new photographs of structures that have survived from the author's day. Readers will find 27 such illustrations throughout her transcription, as well as a name and subject index of 3,000 entries to the contents of the volume. |
Contents
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The Tracy Field and the Houses on It From 1796 to 1810 | 3 |
The Tracy Field and the Houses on It From 1796 to 1810 | 7 |
The Tracy Field and the Houses on It From 1796 to 1810 | 12 |
The Field Between Tyng and North Streets From 1757 to 1851 | 16 |
Carters Field | 22 |
Archelaus Woodman Archelaus Adams From 1618 to 1754 | 27 |
North Tyng Broad and Carter Streets From 1796 to 1848 | 32 |
Panorama looking north toward Monroe Street | 52 |
Looking down Kent Street Fig 12 Curtis Hat Factory explosion Fig 13 Looking down Green Street | 52 |
Foot of Green Street and Merrimac Fig 15 Schooners Richard S Spofford and Horace W Macomber | 52 |
The Macomber with keel Fig 17 Old school house on Kent Street Fig 18 Albert Currier Block Monroe Street Fig 19 Oliver B Merrill home Monroe S... | 52 |
Industries 1762 to 1840 | 53 |
Richard Kent Senior 1634 to 1654 | 58 |
Edward Woodmans Land Kent High and Monroe Streets 1681 to 1845 | 64 |
The Ocean Mill | 69 |
Map and Illustrations | 35 |
Deacon John Kent and His Land From 1747 to 1812 | 37 |
Houses on Kent Field North to Carter Street From 1796 to 1848 | 42 |
Houses on Warren Kent and Dove Streets | 47 |
Map of Newburyport North End Fig 1 View of Belleville area of Newburyport Fig 2 Caldwell Distillery | 52 |
Brown Manufacturing Company Fig 4 Federal home built by Thomas Coker | 52 |
View Near the Laurels | 52 |
Rawson Pilsbury house High Street Fig 7 Market Square circa 1870 | 52 |
1876 drawing of the Belleville area Fig 9 Panorama of the Belleville area of Newburyport | 52 |
Arms Brush Hat and Collar Factories etc 1840 to 1880 | 75 |
Woodmans Lane and Kent Street 1800 to 1854 | 81 |
The PioneersWoodman FarmCustom House 1650 to 1850 | 86 |
Merrill and Elm Street 1735 to 1812 | 91 |
Between the Landings 1676 to 1850 | 96 |
Congress to Buck Street 1800 to 1845 | 101 |
The Field Between Kent and Buck Street | 105 |
Common terms and phrases
afterwards Alexander Caldwell Archelaus Adams Archelaus Woodman bought brick Broad street building Burroughs Capt Captain Carter street Cheney Choate Currier David Coffin Deacon John deed distillery dwelling house Edward Woodman factory feet George Burroughs heirs High street Historical Society house lots house was built James Blood John and Richard John Kent Jonathan Woodman Kent sold Kent street Kent's landing laid lower side Manufacturing MERRILL NORTH END Merrill street Merrill's Merrimac street Monroe street mortgaged Newburyport Daily NORTH END PAPERS North street northwest O. B. MERRILL NORTH O.B. MERRILL occupied Ocean mill old house Old Newbury Olive Pilsbury probably real estate Richard Kent rods of land rods wide Russia street Society of Old sold the house southeast stood Street was built tenement Thomas Burroughs Thomas Coker Thomas Merrill three story house Toppan Towle town Tracy field Tyng street upper side wharf Woodman's lane