1803Quarantines for vessels entering the harbor were established.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Maritime & Fishing Industry, Health

Order by the selectmen of Gloucester on quarantine rules for vessels. Courtesy of Gloucester City Archives, CC143, Box 48, FF8

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The selectmen of Gloucester ordered James and William Sawyer, Pilots for the Port of Gloucester, to not bring any vessels “visited with the plague, smallpox, or malignant fever, or any other malignant disease.”

Gloucester City Archives, CC143, Box 48, FF8

Other Events

1801
The Annisquam lighthouse was built.
1802
Robert Freeman purchased his first ten acres of land.
1803
The Social Fire Society was organized.
1804
The painter Nathaniel Rogers Lane, later known as Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865), was born.

1803Quarantines for vessels entering the harbor were established.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Maritime & Fishing Industry, Health

Other Events

The Annisquam lighthouse was built.

Robert Freeman purchased his first ten acres of land.

The Social Fire Society was organized.

The painter Nathaniel Rogers Lane, later known as Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865), was born.