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Approach to Carr's Ferry

Essex County · dedicated 1930 · Jefferson and High Streets, Newburyport · location approximate

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First ferry across the Merrimack River from Newbury to Salisbury, established about 1639, and the only route from Boston to the eastern frontier. In 1641 George Carr was appointed ferryman with rights which continued in his family for generations.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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