1780The Universalists erected a small meeting house at the corner of Water and Main Streets.People and Communities, Religion

Photographs of Church. The Independent Christian Society of Gloucester (Universalist) Collection, Box 1, FF2, Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Gloucester, MA.

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The building was dedicated on Christmas Day, 1780.

Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed. History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Vol. II. Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co., 1888. http://archive.org/details/historyofessexco02hurd

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1780
The Masschusetts State Constitution went into effect.
1780
There was a day of "uncommon darkness."
1780
Gloster Dalton first appeared in the Town Records.
1780
Taxes were cut in half, due to the war's impact on widows and children.

1780The Universalists erected a small meeting house at the corner of Water and Main Streets.People and Communities, Religion

Other Events

The Masschusetts State Constitution went into effect.

There was a day of "uncommon darkness."

Gloster Dalton first appeared in the Town Records.

Taxes were cut in half, due to the war's impact on widows and children.