James Thacher, History of the Town of Plymouth, 2nd ed. (Boston, 1835)

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James Thacher, History of the Town of Plymouth, 2nd ed. (Boston, 1835)
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1835
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Read 14 Oct 2026 in the Internet Archive's copy. The appendix on the town's trade:

  • The cod fishery before the Revolution: "From this period to 1770, the fisheries were gradually increasing, and in 1774, seventy-five fishing vessels, of about 45 to 50 tons, navigated by seven or eight men each, were employed in this town" (p. 314).
  • In 1831: 32 schooners in the cod fishery, averaging 61 tons and eight men each. "To the inhabitants of the town the Cod fishery is an object of primary importance ... when on the banks they carefully abstain from fishing on Sundays. Those vessels that are employed in the straits of Belle-isle fishery carry whale-boats" (pp. 315-316).
  • The whale fishery: "There were a number of schooners and sloops employed in the whale fishery in this town previous to and immediately succeeding the war of the revolution" (p. 317).

See Gideon Holbrook.

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  2. title: "James Thacher, History of the Town of Plymouth, 2nd ed. (Boston, 1835)"
  3. type: book
  4. date: "1835"
  5. url: "https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofp1835thac"
  6. seen: original
  7. access: public
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  10. Read 14 Oct 2026 in the Internet Archive's copy. The appendix on the town's trade:
  12. - The cod fishery before the Revolution: "From this period to 1770, the fisheries were gradually
  13. increasing, and in 1774, seventy-five fishing vessels, of about 45 to 50 tons, navigated by seven or
  14. eight men each, were employed in this town" (p. 314).
  15. - In 1831: 32 schooners in the cod fishery, averaging 61 tons and eight men each. "To the inhabitants
  16. of the town the Cod fishery is an object of primary importance ... when on the banks they carefully
  17. abstain from fishing on Sundays. Those vessels that are employed in the straits of Belle-isle
  18. fishery carry whale-boats" (pp. 315-316).
  19. - The whale fishery: "There were a number of schooners and sloops employed in the whale fishery in
  20. this town previous to and immediately succeeding the war of the revolution" (p. 317).
  22. See `gideon-holbrook-1765`.
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