Newburyport, Massachusetts

== History == In 1680 Elizabeth Morse was convicted of witchcraft in Newbury.

She was confined to her property unless she was escorted by a clergymen until she died in 1690.

George Whitefield, the well-known and influential English preacher who helped inspire the First Great Awakening in America, arrived in Newburyport in September 1740.

Samuel Spring (1746–1819), religious leader, chaplain in Benedict Arnold's army Clara F.

First Presbyterian Church dates to 1756.

The act was approved by Governor Francis Bernard on February 4, 1764.

== Notable people == John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), U.S.

The revival that followed his labors brought into existence Old South Church, where he was buried after his death in 1770.

(1779–1849), merchant John H.

Massachusetts abolished slavery in 1783, and many runaway slaves found refuge in the state.

Gardiner Spring (1785–1873), author of the Gardiner Spring Resolutions, which gained Abraham Lincoln the support of the Presbyterian Church Rev.

president, resided in Newburyport 1787–1788 Charlotte Johnson Baker (1855–1937), physician Edward Bass (1726 –1803), first American Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Massachuse...

In 1792, a bridge was built two miles above the town where the river contained an island.

Spring (1800–1891), influential Presbyterian leader in Iowa and Illinois Rev.

Laid out in 1801, the Bartlett Mall was redesigned in the 1880s by noted Boston landscape architect Charles Eliot, with later improvements by Arthur Shurcliff.

Lawson (1807–1888), artist Francis Cabot Lowell (1775–1817), manufacturer John Lowell (1743–1802), congressman and federal judge George Lunt (1803–1885), editor, lawyer, author,...

1808) Newburyport Custom House Museum (1835), designed by Robert Mills Literary interests: Was referred to in the H.

It was a center for privateering during the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.

Pingry (1818-1893), founder of The Pingry School Caesar Sarter (1745–after 1774), formerly enslaved essayist and abolitionist Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), writer Charl...

Tilton (1828–1889), Civil War brigade commander at the Battle of Gettysburg Peter Tolan (born 1958), television/film producer and writer Richard Trefry, (1924–2023), United Stat...

Beginning about 1832, it added numerous ships to the whaling fleet.

It features Plum Island Point, a popular spot for fishing and recreation, and the Plum Island Lighthouse, built in 1838.

Grosvenor (1845–1936), author and professor of history Laura Coombs Hills (1859–1952), painter Judith Hoag (born 1968) actress Lucy Hooper (1816–1841), poet Charles Tillinghast ...

In 1850, the fugitive slave act was passed, requiring all US states to capture and return runaway slaves.

The town prospered and became a city in 1851.

The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank on State Street was founded in 1854 and is one of the oldest banks in the United States still in operation.

Stevens (1855–1934), English professor at Mount Holyoke College Matthew Thornton (1714–1803), signer of the Declaration of Independence William S.

Merrimack Arms and Brown Manufacturing Company made Southerner Derringer pistols in their Newburyport factory from 1867 to 1873.

High Street is a remarkable street of fine old Federal-style houses, linking the Atkinson Common (1893–1894) with the Bartlett Mall, site of the Charles Bulfinch-designed Essex ...

Atkinson in 1935, and the deed was recorded at the Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds as Book 3030, Page 279 in March 1935.

The event was initiated in 1957 by native Newburyporter George Cashman, who sought to stimulate the economy and lift the spirit of the citizens.

First held in 1958, Newburyport's "Yankee Homecoming" is the second-oldest homecoming festival in the United States.

Caldwell's Old Newburyport rum was manufactured locally until 1961.

1962), writer and editor Adolphus Greely (1844–1935), polar explorer Edwin A.

Consequently, by 1970, Newburyport's historic downtown section was scheduled to be razed and reconstructed with federal money.

Nikole Beckwith (born 1980), Newburyport-born and raised writer and filmmaker Kate Bolick (born 1972), Newburyport-born and raised author and essayist John Parker Boyd (1764–183...

=== Newburyport Chamber Music Festival === Held toward the beginning of August, the Newburyport Chamber Music Festival was founded in 2001 by resident Jane Niebling and Philadel...

During the mid-twentieth century, Newburyport enjoyed a typical "small community" approach, conducted, most notably, by city mayor and activist Ed Molin, who died in 2005.

=== Newburyport Literary Festival === Held during the last weekend of April, the Newburyport Literary Festival started in 2006 as a new effort by the city to increase interest i...

=== Climate === == Demographics == As of the census of 2010, there were 17,416 people, 8,264 households, and 4,428 families residing in the city.

== Government == Upon adopting a new charter in 2011 which took effect in 2013, Newburyport has been run by a mayor with a four-year term and an eleven-member City Council (prio...

The 2019 Goldsmiths Prize winner, Ducks, Newburyport, features the city.

The bus is free as of March 2023.

The current mayor of Newburyport is Sean Reardon, and the next election year for mayor is 2029.