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Newburyport, city, Essex county, northeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies at the mouth of the Merrimack River, 30 miles (48 km) north-northeast of Boston. Settled in 1635 (as part of Newbury), its location attracted early fishing, shipbuilding, and craft industries and led to its incorporation as a separate town in 1764. Its sheltered harbour was home port for a large merchant fleet that brought wealth to the town in the years prior to the American Revolution. The Jefferson Embargo of 1807–08 (against all foreign trade), a disastrous fire in 1811, and the War of 1812 set a decline in motion that ...(100 of 246 words)

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