1849John Pew & Sons was incorporated, which was the genesis of Gorton’s.Economy and Industry, Local Businesses, Maritime & Fishing Industry

Bill of sale from Slade Gorton & Co. Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, D 24, FF 8

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John Pew & Sons started in 1849, and in 1906, Slade Gorton & Co., John Pew & Son, David B. Smith & Co., and Reed & Gamage combined to form the Gorton-Pew Fisheries Co.

Junior League of Boston. Along the Coast of Essex County. Junior League of Boston, 1984. “Gorton’s of Gloucester.” Northshore Magazine, 15 May 2009, https://www.nshoremag.com/community-news/gortons-of-gloucester/.

Detroit Publishing Co., Unloading Gorton's codfish, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1906, Historic New England, https://www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/gusn/190986/

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Other Events

1849
The first Catholic Mass was celebrated.
1849
Burnham Brothers Marine Railway was built on the Inner Harbor.
1849
Stage coach service to Annisquam began.
1849-50
Fitz Henry Lane returned to Gloucester and built a granite house on Duncan’s point.

1849John Pew & Sons was incorporated, which was the genesis of Gorton’s.Economy and Industry, Local Businesses, Maritime & Fishing Industry

Other Events

The first Catholic Mass was celebrated.

Burnham Brothers Marine Railway was built on the Inner Harbor.

Stage coach service to Annisquam began.

Fitz Henry Lane returned to Gloucester and built a granite house on Duncan’s point.