What's "historic" about Newburyport?

Malden MA

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Nothing at all. Maybe except the Caleb Cushing house at 98 High St. On January 28, 1764, the General Court of Massachusetts passed "An act for erecting part of the town of Newbury into a new town by the name of Newburyport." The act begins: Whereas the town of Newbury is very large, and the inhabitants of that part of it who dwell by the water-side there, as it is commonly called, are mostly merchants, traders and artificers, and the inhabitants of the other parts of the town are chiefly husbandmen; by means whereof many difficulties and disputes have arisen in managing their public affairs – Be it enacted... That that part of the said town of Newbury... be and hereby are constituted and made a separate and distinct town.... It was a slave-trading town and port for ships. BFD. Every seaport on the east and west coasts are known for being ports for ships. I enjoy going to Newburyport once every few years, but Salem is 100x more historic than Newburyport will ever become.