1839

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• Dr. Henry C. Perkins takes a photograph in Newburyport before November 8, 1839. This may have been the first photograph taken in America.

• The schooner Rebecca was wrecked on the island.

• The brig Pocahontas was wrecked off Plum Island, the crew of 12 -13 men died.