1700The town paid 20 shillings for each wolf killed.Economy and Industry, Location and Setting, Agriculture, Environment

Gloucester Town Records, 1694-1762. Vol. 2, 1762, https://archive.org/details/GLOOriginalRecords16941762Images/mode/2u

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Gloucester Town Records, 1694-1762. Vol. 2, 1762, https://archive.org/details/GLOOriginalRecords16941762Images/mode/2u

It was voted a a town meeting “That iff any man belonging to the town shall kill any wolf within the bounds of this town this year 1700 shall have Twenty shillings paid by the town treasurer upon the towns account for every such wolf that shall be so killed by any of our Inhabitants.” (Town Records, 29)

Gloucester Town Records, 1694-1762. Vol. 2, 1762, https://archive.org/details/GLOOriginalRecords16941762Images/mode/2u

Other Events

1700
A vote passed at a town meeting for women's seats to be built on the east side of the Meeting House.
1700
The selectmen levied a tax to defray the cost of Indigenous land that had been sold to the town by Samuel English, the grandson of Masconomet.
1700
Traffic in fish, timber, masts, and ships to Europe and the West Indies fostered economic growth while contributing to the triangular trade.
1700 (ca.)
The Garrison House, sometimes referred to as the Witch House, was built in present-day Rockport.

1700The town paid 20 shillings for each wolf killed.Economy and Industry, Location and Setting, Agriculture, Environment

Other Events

A vote passed at a town meeting for women's seats to be built on the east side of the Meeting House.

The selectmen levied a tax to defray the cost of Indigenous land that had been sold to the town by Samuel English, the grandson of Masconomet.

Traffic in fish, timber, masts, and ships to Europe and the West Indies fostered economic growth while contributing to the triangular trade.

The Garrison House, sometimes referred to as the Witch House, was built in present-day Rockport.