Innsmouth
Region first settled by the Hugg, Eliot, Marsh, and Martin families of nearby Newbury in 1643.
In I678 a shipyard was opened by Thomas Martin, an industry supported by the increaingly prospcruus trade in codfish. Additional shipyards were opened and properity early embraced the town.
The first Innsmouth voyage to the West Indie. Was made in I662. Followed over the years by an ever-expanding trade with the East indies, the South Pacific, and China. To avoid running afoul of the increasingly restrictive provisions of Britain's Trade Acts, early traders found smuggling their only available recourse. Illegal cargo were unloaded far offshore. then secreted into town by way of a complex of sea caves and man-made tunnels running under parts of the town.
By the time of the American Revolution, lnnsmouth had grown to a community of nearly 2000 people, must or them engaged in the shipping and fishing industries. The town had by then spread to both sides of the Manuxet river, now crossed by a bridge built over the gorge near the location of the location of Main Street.
At Bunker Hill, lnnsmouth was represented by a small band of stalwart men, but for most of the war the town's contributions were in the form of ships, and the privateers who took them to sea. The privateer were authorised by the newly formed American government to attack. and raid ships flying under tile flag of England.
Privateer's signed agreements that allowed them to keep one third to one half of any English booty, and rest to be turned over to the government and the cause of the Revolution. The success of the American Revolution allowed the New England traders free access to the seas and Innsmouth, like similar ports. prospered.
In I678 a shipyard was opened by Thomas Martin, an industry supported by the increaingly prospcruus trade in codfish. Additional shipyards were opened and properity early embraced the town.
The first Innsmouth voyage to the West Indie. Was made in I662. Followed over the years by an ever-expanding trade with the East indies, the South Pacific, and China. To avoid running afoul of the increasingly restrictive provisions of Britain's Trade Acts, early traders found smuggling their only available recourse. Illegal cargo were unloaded far offshore. then secreted into town by way of a complex of sea caves and man-made tunnels running under parts of the town.
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Some of these tunnels. long unused, are supposed to still exist.
By the time of the American Revolution, lnnsmouth had grown to a community of nearly 2000 people, must or them engaged in the shipping and fishing industries. The town had by then spread to both sides of the Manuxet river, now crossed by a bridge built over the gorge near the location of the location of Main Street.
At Bunker Hill, lnnsmouth was represented by a small band of stalwart men, but for most of the war the town's contributions were in the form of ships, and the privateers who took them to sea. The privateer were authorised by the newly formed American government to attack. and raid ships flying under tile flag of England.
Privateer's signed agreements that allowed them to keep one third to one half of any English booty, and rest to be turned over to the government and the cause of the Revolution. The success of the American Revolution allowed the New England traders free access to the seas and Innsmouth, like similar ports. prospered.
History
The story of Innsmouth came to a terrible end when the government conducted a raid in 1928
RUINED SETTLEMENT
1928
Founding Date
1643
Type
Village
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