BRYAN EATON/Staff Photo. Skip Motes shows Mayor Donna Holaday some samples of tax valuations by the town of Newburyport between 1780 and 1824, before Newburyport was a city, as head librarian Cynthia Dadd and Marge Motes look on. The Motes catalogued the valuations of personal property and real estate under the direction of the Museum of Old Newbury.
