I'd never heard of this town so looked iy up in good ol' Wikipedia.
Newburyport is located about 35 miles northeast of Boston. Some notable facts about it:
** It is the home of the first U.S. Coast Guard Station.
** Many clipper ships were built here in the 1800s and I'm not sure, but possibly the first one.
** The "First" Tea Party rebellion against the British tax on tea took place here.
** The first Massachusetts mint and treasury building were here.
** It has the nation's oldest active and continuously operating court house.
It was the home of many privateers during the War of 1812.
--Brock-Perry
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