1702The town voted to forbid the sale of shipbuilding materials outside of Gloucester.Economy and Industry, Industry, Maritime & Fishing Industry
Additionally, the town voted to require any person building a vessel with ship timber from the Commons to post a bond ensuring that the ship would not be sold out of town for six years.
Heyrman, Christine Leigh. Commerce and Culture: The Maritime Communities of Colonial Massachusetts, 1690-1750. 1st ed, Norton, 1984. Gloucester Town Records, 1694-1762. Vol. 2, 1762, https://archive.org/details/GLOOriginalRecords16941762Images/mode/2up