Timeline of New Bedford, Massachusetts

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

Prior to 19th century

  • Prior to 1602 - the Wampanoags, 'People of the Morning Light,' an Algonquian-speaking Native American group, inhabit the area from Narragansett Bay to the tip of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket[1]: 243 
  • 1602 - Bartholomew Gosnold an English privateer visits the site of New Bedford.[2]
  • 1652 - In the Dartmouth Purchase, John Winslow, William Bradford, Myles Standish, Thomas Southworth, and John Cooke purchase from Wasamequin (Massassoit) and his son Wamsutta a territory that would come to be known as Old Dartmouth, which included the current towns of Dartmouth, New Bedford, Acushnet, Fairhaven, and Westport
  • ca.1665 - Influx of Quakers.[2]
  • 1760 - Village proper established.[2]
  • 1778 - September - Grey's raid by the British against American coastal communities.[2]
  • 1787 - Town incorporated.[3]
  • 1792
    • The Medley newspaper begins publication.[4]
    • Post office in operation.
  • 1796 - New Bedford and Fairhaven Bridge Company incorporated.[5]
  • 1797
  • 1798 - Columbian Courier newspaper begins publication.[4]

19th century

  • 1800 - Population: 4,361.[6]
  • 1803 - Social Library organized.[7]
  • 1804 - 59 whaling vessels were registered from New Bedford.[2]
  • 1807 - New-Bedford Mercury newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1808 - Old Colony Gazette begins publication.[4]
  • 1812
Friends Meeting House, New Bedford
New Bedford Fire Museum

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. ^ Murphy, Justin D. (2022). American Indian Wars: the essential reference guide. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, An imprint of ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-7509-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ a b Morse 1797.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Taber 1852.
  6. ^ a b c Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Crapo 1836.
  8. ^ "Frederick Douglass Chronology". Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  9. ^ "New Bedford Streets; A Piece of Americana: Rodney French Boulevard - New Bedford Guide". New Bedford Guide. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  10. ^ Edward Edwards (1869), Free Town Libraries: Their Formation, Management, and History in Britain, France, Germany & America, New York: J. Wiley, OCLC 1385548, OL 6921178M
  11. ^ 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, OL 6999890M
  12. ^ George H. H. Allen (1923), New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank, New Bedford, Mass.: [Reynolds, printer], OCLC 18996332, OL 13522925M
  13. ^ "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
  14. ^ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  15. ^ a b Barcellos, Robert (29 November 1970). "French Sharpshooters disband after nearly 80 years". Sunday Standard-Times. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019. The Club of French Sharpshooters was incorporated on Sept. 26, 1892
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Flies invade New Bedford". New York Times. June 9, 1903.
  18. ^ Upton, Austin. "IWW Yearbook 1910". IWW History Project. University of Washington. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  19. ^ "An Injury to One an Injury to All". Industrial Worker. Vol. 2, no. 9. 21 May 1910. p. 1.
  20. ^ "History". Zeiterion Performing Arts Center. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Who We Are". New Bedford: Your Theatre, Inc. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "New Bedford Historical Commission". City of New Bedford. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  24. ^ Reference Department, New Bedford Free Public Library, December 30, 2014
  25. ^ "Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society". Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  26. ^ "History". New Bedford Folk Festival. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  27. ^ "City of New Bedford Official Home Page". Archived from the original on 1996-12-21 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  28. ^ "New Bedford Museum of Glass". Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  29. ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  30. ^ First cargo ship arrives New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, New Bedford Guide.com, July 6, 2015
  31. ^ "$113m New Bedford marine terminal sits largely idle", Boston Globe, August 30, 2015

Bibliography

  • Jedidiah Morse (1797), "New Bedford", American Gazetteer, Boston: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
  • 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, OL 14030423M
  • 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.
  • Joseph Sabin, ed. (1881). "New Bedford, Mass.". Bibliotheca Americana. Vol. 13. New York. OCLC 13972268.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • 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
  • New Bedford and Fairhaven Directory: 1897. Boston: W.A. Greenough & Co. 1897.
  • "New Bedford" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1910.

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  • Map of New Bedford, 1851
    Map of New Bedford, 1851
  • Hathaway & Soule, est.1866
    Hathaway & Soule, est.1866
  • Advertisements, 1873
    Advertisements, 1873
  • Wamsutta Mills in 1876
    Wamsutta Mills in 1876
  • Aerial view of New Bedford Harbor, 1984
    Aerial view of New Bedford Harbor, 1984

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