1766Gloucester celebrated the repeal of the Stamp Act.Events & Anniversaries, Economy and Industry, Economy, National Events

Gloucester Selectmen’s Records, 1756-1781, 1781, p. 304.

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Gloucester Selectmen’s Records, 1756-1781, 1781, p. 304.

At a meeting of the Selectmen on May 19, “An order was drawn upon Capt. Warner to deliver Capt. Epes Sargent a Cask of Powder to be used toward expressing our joy after the repeal of the Stamp Act by the Parliament. News arrived on Fryday last.” (Selectmen’s Records, p. 304)

Gloucester Selectmen’s Records, 1756-1781, 1781. http://archive.org/details/selectmensrecords17551781images

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1766Gloucester celebrated the repeal of the Stamp Act.Events & Anniversaries, Economy and Industry, Economy, National Events

Other Events

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act and the town voted that it was disagreeable.

The members of Second Parish voted on seating at the church for enslaved people.

A violent storm wrecked nine out of the nineteen Gloucester ships on the Grand Banks, with many crew members lost.

The first fire company was organized.