1724The town voted to build a school “near the head of Sandy Bay.”Government and Public Service, Education

Commoners Meeting minutes from January 26, 1724. Courtesy of Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Box D 12, FF 1

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Town of Gloucester Commoners Book, 1713-1810, p. 42.

The town of Gloucester granted about an acre of land for the use of a school “for that purpose in to keep a good school in for the Godly instruction of children and teaching of them to read and write good English.” (Commoner’s Book, 42)

Town of Gloucester Commoners Book, 1713-1810. http://archive.org/details/gloucestercommonersbookno2images Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Box D 12, FF 1

Other Events

1724
The highway was laid out from Little River to Freshwater Cove.
1724
The town voted to not open the Cut, which was filled in by the last storm.
1725
The rest of the unoccupied land, which was divided in 1723, was distributed among the commoners.
1725
Reverend Richard Jacques became the second pastor of West Parish.

1724The town voted to build a school “near the head of Sandy Bay.”Government and Public Service, Education

Other Events

The highway was laid out from Little River to Freshwater Cove.

The town voted to not open the Cut, which was filled in by the last storm.

The rest of the unoccupied land, which was divided in 1723, was distributed among the commoners.

Reverend Richard Jacques became the second pastor of West Parish.