Amesbury
a town in Essex co., Mass.; on the Merrimac river and the Boston and Maine railroad; 27 miles N. of Salem. It has manufactories of cot- Boston and Maine railroad; 27 miles N. of Salem. It has manufactories of cotton and woolen goods, boots and shoes, machinery, car carriages, etc., and was long the residence of the poet Whittier. Pop. (1910) 9,894; (1920) 10,036.