Timeline of New Bedford, Massachusetts

The following is a timeline of the history of New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.

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Prior to 19th century

  • 1652 - European settlers arrive.
  • 1778 - September - Grey's raid.
  • 1787 - Town incorporated.[1]
  • 1792
    • The Medley newspaper begins publication.[2]
    • Post office in operation.
  • 1796 - New Bedford and Fairhaven Bridge Company incorporated.[3]
  • 1797
  • 1798 - Columbian Courier newspaper begins publication.[2]

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Morse 1797.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Taber 1852.
  4. 1 2 3 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Crapo 1836.
  6. ↑ "Frederick Douglass Chronology". Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ "New Bedford Streets; A Piece of Americana: Rodney French Boulevard - New Bedford Guide". New Bedford Guide. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  8. ↑ Edward Edwards (1869), Free Town Libraries: Their Formation, Management, and History in Britain, France, Germany & America, New York: J. Wiley, OCLC 1385548
  9. ↑ Proceedings on the occasion of laying the corner-stone of the library edifice, for the Free Public Library, of the city of New Bedford, August 28, 1856, New Bedford, Mass.: E. Anthony, 1856, OCLC 8693441
  10. ↑ George H. H. Allen (1923), New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank, New Bedford, Mass.: [Reynolds, printer], OCLC 18996332
  11. ↑ "Soule", Men of progress: one thousand biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston: New England Magazine, 1896
  12. ↑ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  13. ↑ "New Bedford-Fairhaven Middle Bridge, Spanning Acushnet River on U.S. Highway 6, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA". Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress). Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 Britannica 1910.
  15. ↑ "Flies invade New Bedford". New York Times. June 9, 1903.
  16. ↑ Upton, Austin. "IWW Yearbook 1910". IWW History Project. University of Washington. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "An Injury to One an Injury to All". Industrial Worker. 2 (9). 21 May 1910. p. 1.
  18. ↑ "Who We Are". New Bedford: Your Theatre, Inc. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  19. ↑ Robin D. G. Kelley and Earl Lewis, ed. (2005). "Chronology". To Make Our World Anew: a History of African Americans. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983893-6.
  20. ↑ "New Bedford Historical Commission". City of New Bedford. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  21. ↑ Reference Department, New Bedford Free Public Library, December 30, 2014
  22. ↑ "Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society". Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  23. ↑ "City of New Bedford Official Home Page". Archived from the original on December 1996 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  24. ↑ "New Bedford Museum of Glass". Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  25. ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  26. ↑ First cargo ship arrives New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, New Bedford Guide.com, July 6, 2015
  27. ↑ "$113m New Bedford marine terminal sits largely idle", Boston Globe, August 30, 2015

Bibliography

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  • Henry Howland Crapo (1836), The New-Bedford directory ... and the town register ... Also, a list of whale ships, belonging to the United States, New Bedford, Mass.: J.C. Parmenter, printer, OCLC 35857446
  • New Bedford Directory. New Bedford, Mass.: C. & A. Taber. 1849.
  • Herman Melville (1851), "Chapter 6", Moby-Dick, Harper & Brothers (novelist's description of New Bedford)
  • New Bedford Directory. New Bedford, Mass.: Charles Taber & Co. 1852.
  • New Bedford Directory. New Bedford, Mass.: Charles Taber & Co. 1859.
  • Directory ... City of New Bedford, for 1871-2. Boston: Greenough, Jones & Co. 1871.
  • Directory ... City of New Bedford, for 1873-4. Boston: Greenough, Jones & Co. 1873.
  • Elias Nason (1874), "New Bedford", Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts, Boston: B.B. Russell, OCLC 1728892
  • Directory ... City of New Bedford, for 1875-6. Boston: Greenough, Jones & Co. 1875.
  • Directory ... City of New Bedford, for 1879-80. Boston: Greenough, Jones & Co. 1879.
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  • Robert Grieve (1889), "Nantucket", Illustrated Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Taunton, New Bedford, Fall River (2nd ed.), Providence, RI: J.A. & R.A. Reid, OCLC 10563002
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  • Works related to New Bedford, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
  • Items related to New Bedford, various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos division)
  • Images related to New Bedford (via New York Public Library)

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