1704Highways were laid out, including from the Head of the Harbor to Cripple Cove and from Starknaught Harbor to the Head of the Harbor.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Infrastructure, Transportation

Gloucester Town Records, 1694-1762. Vol. 2, 1762, p. 55.

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Gloucester Town Records, 1694-1762. Vol. 2, 1762, p. 55.

Babson, John James, and Samuel Chandler. History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Anne, Including the Town of Rockport. Procter Brothers, 1860, http://archive.org/details/historytownglou00changoog Gloucester Town Records, 1694-1762. Vol. 2, 1762, https://archive.org/details/GLOOriginalRecords16941762Images/mode/2up

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1704Highways were laid out, including from the Head of the Harbor to Cripple Cove and from Starknaught Harbor to the Head of the Harbor.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Infrastructure, Transportation

Other Events

The town voted to sell more land for money to help pay debts.

Captain Nathaniel Coit was ordered to clear the Cut after it was filled in by a violent storm.

The Selectmen's Records referred to the "Over Seers of the Poor."

Watch houses were built on Elwell's Neck on Hodgkin Cove and Watch House Neck in what is now known as Fort Square.