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    New Bedford
    New Bedford
    New Bedford
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    New Bedford

    By Anthony Sammarco and Paul Buchanan

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    In 1765, when Joseph Rotch sailed across the bay from Nantucket, he brought with him the skills and knowledge to start New Bedford's whaling industry. By 1830 the town was a larger whaling port than Nantucket, with an immense fleet employing more than 10,000 people.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439628881
    New Bedford
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    Anthony Sammarco

    Massachusetts historians and authors Anthony Sammarco and Paul Buchanan worked together with the New Bedford Free Public Library - which donated all of the images in this collection - to immortalize the remarkable history of this colorful town.

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