1704The town voted to sell more land for money to help pay debts.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Land Ownership, City Government

Minutes of Town Meeting, May 15, 1704. Gloucester Town Records, 1694-1762. Vol. 2, 1762, p. 57.

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Minutes of Town Meeting, May 15, 1704. Gloucester Town Records, 1694-1762. Vol. 2, 1762, p. 57.

At a town meeting on June 20, 1704, “it was voted that there should be more land sold for money for to help to pay the town debts.” (Town Records, 57)

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

Other Events

1703
The Selectmen petitioned the General Court to erect a fort on the harbor.
1703
A school opened and John Newman was hired as the teacher.
1704
Captain Nathaniel Coit was ordered to clear the Cut after it was filled in by a violent storm.
1704
Highways were laid out, including from the Head of the Harbor to Cripple Cove and from Starknaught Harbor to the Head of the Harbor.

1704The town voted to sell more land for money to help pay debts.Economy and Industry, Government and Public Service, Land Ownership, City Government

Other Events

The Selectmen petitioned the General Court to erect a fort on the harbor.

A school opened and John Newman was hired as the teacher.

Captain Nathaniel Coit was ordered to clear the Cut after it was filled in by a violent storm.

Highways were laid out, including from the Head of the Harbor to Cripple Cove and from Starknaught Harbor to the Head of the Harbor.