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APPROACH TO CARR'S FERRY
First ferry across the Merrimack River from Newbury to Salisbury, established about 1639, and the only route from Boston to the eastern frontier. In 1641 George Carr was appointed ferryman with rights which continued in his family for generations.
Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission. |