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Newburyport, Essex County,
surrounded by Amesbury and Salisbury on the north, West Newbury on
the west, and Newbury on the south, became a town in 1764. Dates
as early as 1635 in this collection come from the time when
Newburyport was part of Newbury.
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Newburyport Records 1764-1789.
Vol 1. 546 pages.
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These records occasionally include
an illustrated plan of lots or streets; e.g., see leaf before page
1 for a 1766 plan of river lots, and page 221 for a 1774 plan of
"a way leading from Fish Street to King Street". See on
page 22 the 1764 quarantine placed on Mr. Ralph Crop Nebel due to
his recent residence in Boston "where the smallpox is
prevalent".
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Town Meetings 1776, 1764-1765; pp
1-41
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FICHE 1
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Town Meetings 1765-1767, pp 42-101
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FICHE 2
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Town Meetings 1767-1772, pp 102-161
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FICHE 3
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Town Meetings 1773-1775, pp 162-221
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FICHE 4
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Town Meetings 1775-1777, pp 222-278
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FICHE 5
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Town Meetings 1777-1780, pp 279-338
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FICHE 6
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Town Meetings 1780-1783, pp 339-398
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FICHE 7
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Town Meetings 1783-1786, pp 399-458
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FICHE 8
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Town Meetings 1786-1788, pp 459-516
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FICHE 9
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Town Meetings 1788-1789, pp 517-546
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FICHE 10
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Newburyport Town Records
[1790-1817]. Vol 2. 528 pages.
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See page 273 for the 1802 plan for
a gore including High, Harris, Union and Green streets; as well as
Pleasant and Water streets and Brown’s Square.
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Town Meetings 1790-1792, pp 1-55
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FICHE 11
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Town Meetings 1792-1795, pp 56-115
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FICHE 12
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Town Meetings 1795-1798, pp 116-175
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FICHE 13
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Town Meetings 1798-1800, pp 176-235
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FICHE 14
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Town Meetings 1800-1803, pp 236-291
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FICHE 15
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Town Meetings 1803-1807, pp 292-351
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FICHE 16
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Town Meetings 1807-1811, pp 352-411
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FICHE 17
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Town Meetings 1811-1814, pp 412-471
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FICHE 18
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Town Meetings 1814-1817, pp 472-528
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FICHE 19
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Newburyport Town Records
1817-[1837]. Vol 3. 365 pages.
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See page 169 for the 1826 plan
extending Fair Street beyond Liberty Street.
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Town Meetings 1817-1819, pp 1-57
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FICHE 20
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Town Meetings 1819-1822, pp 58-117
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FICHE 21
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Town Meetings 1822-1827, pp 118-174
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FICHE 22
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Town Meetings 1827-1832, pp 175-230
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FICHE 23
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Town Meetings 1832-1834, pp 231-290
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FICHE 24
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Town Meetings 1834-1836, pp 291-350
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FICHE 25
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Town Meetings 1836-1837, pp 351-363
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FICHE 26
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Town Meetings 1850-1851, pp 354-381
(from below)
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FICHE 26
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Newburyport [Town Meetings]
1837-[1851. Vol 4.] 381 pages.
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Town Meetings 1837-1839, pp 1-57
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FICHE 27
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Town Meetings 1839-1842, pp 58-117
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FICHE 28
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Town Meetings 1842-1843, pp 118-177
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FICHE 29
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Town Meetings 1843-1846, pp 178-233
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FICHE 30
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Town Meetings 1846-1848, pp 234-293
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FICHE 31
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Town Meetings 1848-1850, pp 294-353
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FICHE 32
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Town Meetings 1850-1851, pp 354-381
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FICHE 26
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Newburyport [Town Meetings
1790-1797]. About 171 pages.
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Town Meetings 1790-1793, pp 1-56
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FICHE 33
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Town Meetings 1793-1795, pp 57-115
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FICHE 34
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Town Meetings 1795-1797, pp
116-156+
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FICHE 35
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Newburyport [Town Meetings
1797-1811]. About 250 pages.
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Note that town meetings of this
time were not open to females nor to all males–just for
freeholders and other eligible voters. One item of special
interest in the meeting minutes was that the town had an epidemic
in summer 1796 of "malignant fever disorder". Afterward
(3 April 1797), residents gave thanks to Dr. Vergnies for his
assistance and advice during that crisis (see page 10). Another
misfortune was a "tremendous and desolating fire" in the
town [31 May 1811]; see last pages of the book for more detail.
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Town Meetings 1797-1800
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FICHE 36
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Town Meetings 1800-1804
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FICHE 37
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Town Meetings 1804-1808
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FICHE 38
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Town Meetings 1808-1811
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FICHE 39
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Newburyport Record of the Town
Meetings [1811-1822]. About 260 pages.
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Town Meetings 1811-1813
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FICHE 40
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Town Meetings 1813-1815
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FICHE 41
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Town Meetings 1815-1817
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FICHE 42
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Town Meetings 1817-1821
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FICHE 43
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Town Meetings 1821-1822
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FICHE 44
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Selectmen Records 1785-1786 (from
below)
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FICHE 44
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Newburyport Record of Town Meetings
[1822-1835]. About 280 pages.
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Town Meetings 1822-1825
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FICHE 45
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Town Meetings 1825-1828
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FICHE 46
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Town Meetings 1828-1831
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FICHE 47
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Town Meetings 1831-1833
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FICHE 48
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Town Meetings 1833-1835
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FICHE 49
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Selectmen Record 1778 (from below)
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FICHE 49
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Newburyport Selectmen Minute Book
1778-[1781]. About 120 pages.
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Selectmen Records 1778-1781
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FICHE 50
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Selectmen Records 1779-1781
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FICHE 51
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Selectmen Record 1778
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FICHE 49
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Newburyport [Selectmen Records
1781-1786]. About 140 pages.
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Note varying entries of 16 July
1783, 3 December 1783, 5 May 1784, 16 June 1784, and 20 June 1785
for standard weights of biscuits and loaves of bread. Names of
persons in this book include 1783 and 1785 lists of innholders and
retailers.
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Selectmen Records 1781-1783
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FICHE 52
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Selectmen Records 1783-1785
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FICHE 53
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Selectmen Records 1785-1786
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FICHE 44
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Newburyport [Selectmen Records
1786-1793]. About 180 pages.
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Names of persons in this record
include 1786, 1791, and 1792 lists of licensed innholders and
retailers. Other interesting items include the names and origins
of some ships in port, sometimes with names of passengers and
their ages; e.g, those enumerated 16 July 1789 on the Brig Sally
(see last frame).
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Selectmen Records 1786-1787
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FICHE 54
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Selectmen Records 1787-1790
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FICHE 55
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Selectmen Records 1790-1793
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FICHE 56
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Newburyport [Selectmen Records
1793-1804]. About 260 pages.
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These records include licenses for
retailers and innkeepers, standard weights of bread, teaching and
other town appointments, and a "descriptive list" of
1797 and 1798 state (non-resident) paupers.
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Selectmen Records 1793-1795
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FICHE 57
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Selectmen Records 1795-1797
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FICHE 58
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Selectmen Records 1798-1800
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FICHE 59
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Selectmen Records 1800-1802
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FICHE 60
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Selectmen Records 1802-1804
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FICHE 61
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Selectmen Records 1815-1816 (from
below)
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FICHE 61
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Selectmen Records 1827-1829 (from
below)
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FICHE 61
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Newburyport Selectmen Records
[1805-1816]. About 250 pages.
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Among other business items, these
records include appointments of teacher, enginemen, weighers of
hay, and measurers of wood and bark. Of special interest is an
1816 town meeting called to determine how best to help victims of
fire at Petersburg, Virginia.
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Selectmen Records 1805-1811
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FICHE 62
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Selectmen Records 1811-1814
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FICHE 63
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Selectmen Records 1814
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FICHE 64
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Selectmen Records 1814-1815
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FICHE 65
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Selectmen Records 1815-1816
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FICHE 61
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Newburyport Selectmen’s Records
[1816-1829]. About 260 pages.
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Note that town appointees of 1818
include schoolmistresses, possibly for the first time.
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Selectmen’s Records 1816-1818
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FICHE 66
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Selectmen’s Records 1818-1820
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FICHE 67
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Selectmen’s Records 1820-1822
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FICHE 68
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Selectmen’s Records 1822-1827
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FICHE 69
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Selectmen’s Records 1827-1829
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FICHE 61
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Newburyport [Town Payments
1776-1780]. About 50 pages.
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Town Payments 1776-1780
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FICHE 70
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Town Payments 1795 (from below)
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FICHE 70
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Newburyport [Selectmen Order Book
1786-1795]. About 180 pages.
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Town Payments 1786-1789
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FICHE 71
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Town Payments 1789-1791
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FICHE 72
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Town Payments 1791-1795
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FICHE 73
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Town Payments 1795
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FICHE 70
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Newburyport [Accounts for the
Town’s Poor 1795-1843]. About 400
pages.
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Workhouse rules are published at
the beginning of this book.
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Paupers & Payments 1795-1807
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FICHE 74
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Paupers & Payments 1807-1820
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FICHE 75
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Paupers & Payments 1820-1831
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FICHE 76
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Paupers & Payments 1831-1838
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FICHE 77
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Paupers & Payments 1838-1843
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FICHE 78
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Non-Resident Paupers & Payments
1804-1810
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FICHE 78
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Non-Resident Paupers & Payments
1811-1823
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FICHE 79
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Non-Resident Paupers & Payments
1823-1827, 1800-1803
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FICHE 80
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Newburyport Militia [1840-1853].
About 140 pages.
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Town Militia Rolls 1840-1851
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FICHE 81
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Town Militia Rolls 1851-1853
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FICHE 82
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Town Militia Rolls 1862 (from
below)
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FICHE 82
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Newburyport Record of Militia
1855-1861(sic). About 175 pages.
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Town Militia Rolls 1855-1858
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FICHE 83
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Town Militia Rolls 1858-1862
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FICHE 84
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Town Militia Rolls 1862
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FICHE 82
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Newburyport Record of Militia
[1863-1868]. About 180 pages.
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Arranged by wards 1-6 within each
year, the entries provide name, age, and occupation.
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Militia 1863-1864
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FICHE 85
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Militia 1866-1867
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FICHE 86
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Militia 1868
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FICHE 87
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Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865,
pp 408-419, W-Y (from below)
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FICHE 87
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Newburyport Rebellion Record of
Soldiers & Officers [1861-1865]. Vol
1. Abt 425 pages.
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These records usually provides
regiment, company, and enlistment and muster dates. Sometimes they
provide name of parents, occupation, discharge date or death date.
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Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865,
pp 58-107, A-C
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FICHE 88
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Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865,
pp 108-167, C-F
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FICHE 89
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Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865,
pp 168-227, F-I
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FICHE 90
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Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865,
pp 228-287, J-M
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FICHE 91
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Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865,
pp 288-347, M-R
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FICHE 92
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Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865,
pp 348-407, R-W
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FICHE 93
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Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865,
pp 408-419, W-Y
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FICHE 87
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Newburyport Rebellion Record [of
Seamen & Officers in Naval Service 1861-1864].
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These pages usually record the
beginning date of service, and often the name of the vessel(s)
sailed. Unfortunately, they seldom provide names of parents, birth
date, age, marital status, or date of discharge or death.
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Seamen & Officers 1861-1864, pp
41-115, A-M
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FICHE 94
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Seamen & Officers 1861-1864, pp
116-150, M-W
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FICHE 95
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Newburyport Record of Persons
Serving in the Navy [1861-1865]. #10.
About 30 pages.
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This record of 67 men usually
provides birth date and place, names of parents, marital status,
and ships and places of service.
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Sailors 1861-1865, #1-67
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FICHE 95
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Newburyport Three-Year Volunteers
[1861-1865]. Book One. #2. 144 pages.
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These records usually provide date
and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation,
regiment and company, and date and place of discharge or death.
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Soldiers 1861-1864, #1-118
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FICHE 96
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Soldiers 1861-1865, #119-144
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FICHE 97
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Newburyport Record of Three-Year
Volunteers in the U.S. Army. #6. About
78 pages. These records usually provide date and place of birth,
names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and
company, and date and place of discharge or death.
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Soldiers 1861-1865, #145-206
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FICHE 97
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Soldiers 1861-1865, #207-288
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FICHE 98
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Newburyport Record of Three-Year
Volunteers in the U.S. Army. #7. About
72 pages. These records usually provide date and place of birth,
names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and
company, and date and place of discharge or death.
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Soldiers 1861-1865, #289-306
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FICHE 98
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Soldiers 1861-1865, #307-426
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FICHE 99
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Soldiers 1861-1865, #427-432
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FICHE 100
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Newburyport [Three-Year Volunteers
in the U.S. Army 1861-1865]. #9. About
33 pages. These records usually provide date and place of birth,
names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and
company, and date and place of discharge or death.
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Soldiers 1861-1865, #433-496
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FICHE 100
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Newburyport Record of 3-Year,
9-Month Volunteers [in U.S. Army 1862-1863].
#5.
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Abt 70 pages. These records usually
provide date and place of birth, names of parents, marital status,
occupation, regiment, company, and date and place of discharge or
death.
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Soldiers 1862-1863, #1-126
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FICHE 101
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Soldiers 1862-1863, #127-152
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FICHE 102
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Soldiers 1862-1863, #115-144 (from
below)
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FICHE 102
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Military Pension Payments 1873-1872
(from below)
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FICHE 102
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Military Pension Payments 1871-1872
(from below)
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FICHE 102
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Newburyport Nine-Month Volunteers
[in U. S. Army 1862-1863]. Book 2. #4.
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These records usually provide date
and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation,
regiment and company, and date and place of discharge or death.
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Soldiers 1862-1863, #1-114
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FICHE 103
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Soldiers 1862-1863, #115-144
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FICHE 102
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Newburyport Record of 3-Month
Volunteers and Their Subsequent Service [& Military Pension
Payments 1861-1864, 1872-1875]. About 65
pages. Lengths of service for the eleven or so soldiers listed in
this record range from about 3 months to 3 years. Personal data
provides birth date, names of parents, and marital status. The
military pension payments are not limited to the few soldiers
listed in this book. Further, they may not include those who
served less than three years. Note that payees are often females.
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Soldiers 1861-1864, #1-abt 11
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FICHE 104
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Military Pension Payments 1875-1873
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FICHE 104
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Military Pension Payments 1873-1872
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FICHE 102
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Newburyport [Military] Pensions
Paid from March 1865-November 1872.
About 70 pages.
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The subtitle to this book,
"Military Rolls, Three Years Volunteers, Record
Finished" may imply that pensions were available only to
those who served three or more years.
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Military Pension Payments 1865-1871
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FICHE 105
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Military Pension Payments 1871-1872
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FICHE 102
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Newburyport [Record of 100-Day
& 1-Year Volunteers in U.S. Army 1862-1865].
#8. About 48 pages. Most listings here are for volunteers of 1864
and 1862. These records usually provide date and place of birth,
names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and company
(or cavalry), and date and place of discharge or death.
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Soldiers 1862-1865; #1-42, 146-184
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FICHE 106
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Soldiers & Sailors 1863-1865,
#115-136; pp 58-68 (from below)
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FICHE 106
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Newburyport Record of New
Enlistments in the Army and Navy 1863.
#3. 68 pages.
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Mostly a record of 3-year
volunteers, these records seldom provide date and place of birth,
names of parents, marital status, occupation, or regiment.
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Soldiers & Sailors 1863-1865,
#1-114; pp 1-57
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FICHE 107
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Soldiers & Sailors 1863-1865,
#115-136; pp 58-68
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FICHE 106
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Newburyport Record of the City
Cadets [1864]. #1. About 50 pages.
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Most of these volunteers were
mustered in on 3 May 1864, stationed at Salem Harbor, and
discharged 5 Aug 1864 at Boston. Data usually includes date and
place of birth, names of parents, occupation, and marital status.
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Volunteer Militia 1864, #1-88
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FICHE 108
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Newburyport [Index to Births
1740-1844].
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This book may be titled with dates
of 1792-1844. It indexes births in the volume below (fiches
113-124).
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Index to Births 1740-1844, A-D
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FICHE 109
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Index to Births 1740-1844, D-K
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FICHE 110
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Index to Births 1740-1844, K-P
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FICHE 111
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Index to Births 1740-1844, P-W
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FICHE 112
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Index to Births 1740-1844, W-Y
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FICHE 113
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Births 1836-1844, pp 423-473 (from
below)
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FICHE 113
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[Newbury &] Newburyport
[Births] 1740-1849 (sic). [Vol 1.] 473
pages.
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The book above (fiches 109-113)
indexes theses births. Note that the correct dates for this volume
are 1740-1844; it does not contain births of 1845-1849.
Additionally, note that although pages are marked to list 18
entries per column, a 19th entry is sometimes added at
the bottom; e.g., page 386. In order to show that 19th
entry, some pages had to be filmed twice–the first time showing
entries 1-18, and the second time showing entries 2-19. Watch for
those extra entries. Blank pages include 432-437 and 441-444.
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Births 1740-1771, pp 1-45
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FICHE 114
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Births 1772-1782, pp 46-95
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FICHE 115
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Births 1782-1789, pp 96-143
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FICHE 116
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Births 1789-1796, pp 144-187
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FICHE 117
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Births 1796-1802, pp 188-227
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FICHE 118
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Births 1803-1807, pp 228-263
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FICHE 119
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Births 1807-1816, pp 264-297
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FICHE 120
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Births 1816-1817, 1811-1815; pp 296-331
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FICHE 121
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Births 1815-1822, pp 332-359
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FICHE 122
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Births 1822-1827, pp 360-389
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FICHE 123
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Births 1827-1835, pp 389-422
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FICHE 124
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Births 1836-1844; pp 423-473
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FICHE 113
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Newburyport Record of Births
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