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The OCHM not only had great exhibits and programs but is home to the Hurley research library which specializes in materials about Southeastern Massachusetts before 1850, with a special focus on Taunton’s early European settlers. Questions about an ancestor? Interested in who used to live in your house? Ever wondered who owned a certain store on Main Street in the 1880s? Want to see some old maps? We can help!
The library is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for on-site research. To ensure the best experience, we ask you to schedule an appointment before visiting our research library. Call us at 508-822-1622 and our staff would be happy to assist! Admission is $5 for adults. Free for OCHM members.
Learn more at https://www.oldcolonyhistorymuseum.org/research
The American Heritage Book of Great Historic Places: by the editors of American heritage; narrative by Richard M. Ketchum; introduction by Bruce Catton
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The American Heritage History of American Business & Industry
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The American Heritage History of American Business & Industry
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The American Nation: A history of the United States
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The American Revolution, 1774-1783
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The American clock; A comprehensive pictorial survey, 1723-1900, with a listing of 6153 clockmakers.
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The American family home, 1800-1960
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The American geologist; being a catalogue of family histories. A bibliography of American genealogy, or a list of the title pages of books and pamphlets on family history, published in America, from 1771 to date.
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The American heritage desk dictionary
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The American heritage history of colonial antiques
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The American heritage history of notable American houses
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The American heritage history of railroads in America
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The American immigrant: an illustrated history
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The American universal geography; by Jeddah Morse
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The Americans: A social history of the United States, 1587-1914
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The Ames family of Bruton, Somerset, England�
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The Ancestors and families of Richard Edward Schultz and Wilma Rebecca (Baker) Schultz
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The Ancestors, families and descendants of George Edward Richardson and his wife Eva Horner
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The Ancestry of Daniel Bontecou of Springfield, Mass.
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The Ancestry of Edward Rawson, Secretary of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, With some account of his life in old and New England
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The Annals of Salem, From its First Settlement
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The Annals of the War Written by Leading Participants North and South.
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The Antietam and Fredericksburg
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The Antiquers: the lives and careers, the deals, the finds, the collections of the men and women who were responsible for the changing taste in American antiques, 1850-1930
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The Antiques Care & Repair Handbook
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The Austin family in Eastern Michigan
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The Austin genealogy containing the descendants of Stephen Austin of Staplehurst, County, Kent, England, born 1520.
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The Avery, Fairchild & Park families of Massachusetts, Connecticut & Rhode Island
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The Axtell family in America: First five generations.
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The Babbitt family history: 1643-1900
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The Babson genealogy, 1637-1977; descendants of Isabel Babson who arrived at Salem, Massachusetts in 1637
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The Barker family of Plymouth colony and county
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The Barker genealogy: giving the names and descendants of several ancestors, who settled in the United States previous to the Declaration of Independence
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The Barletts: Ancestral, genealogical, biographical, historical. Comprising an account of the American progenitors of the Bartlett family, with special reference to the descendants of John Bartlett, of Weymouth and Cumberland.
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The Batkin family genealogy
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The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
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The Battle of Gettysburg: a guided tour
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The Baylies family
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The Beechwoods confederacy 1709-1809:; the colonial history of Beechwoods: Middleboro-Taunton precinct Massachusetts
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The Benson family of Newport, Rhode Island.; Together with an appendix concerning the Benson families in America of English descent.
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The Berkshire jubilee,; celebrated at Pittsfield, Mass., August 22 and 23, 1844.
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The Best Ever! Parades in New England, 1788-1940
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The Bicentennial Guide to the American Revolution
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The Bicknells and the family reunion at Weymouth, Massachusetts, September 22, 1880. Addresses, poems, and speeches. By the publication committee, for the family.
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The Bicknells: Proceedings and addresses at the second family reunion, at Weymouth, Mass., September 20 and 21, 1882. With addresses and exercises at the dedication of the Bicknell family monument. By the Publication committee, for the family.
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The Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons, and the Genealogical Records of Many Early and Other Families of Medway, Mass., 1713-1886
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The Birds' Christmas Carol
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The Black Yankee
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The Blizzard of '78
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The Blue-China Book: Early American scenes and history pictured in the pottery of the time.
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The Bond family history 1630-1994: the genealogy of Earle F. Bond
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The Book of Furniture and Decoration: Period and Modern
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The Book of Old Silver: English, American, Foreign
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The Book of Taunton
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The Boston Tea Party
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The Boston almanac for the year ...
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The Boys in Blue: or, Heroes of the "rank and file"
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The Bridgewater Book.
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The British Invasion from the North: The campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne, from Canada, 1776-1777, with the journal of Lieut. William Digby, of the 53d, or Shropshire regiment of foot.
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The British heritage: the people, their crafts and achievements as recorded in their buildings and on the face of the countryside
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The Browns of Providence Plantations: colonial years
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The Builders' Portfolios; containing� plates, showing perspective views, elevations and floor plans� Section 1-3
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The Burton family history: the roots and branches of Frank Vincent Burton son of Josiah Burton and Lucia Candee Clark and Katherine Sayre Van Duzer daughter of Selah Reeve Van Duzer and Catherine Matthews Sayre
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The Bygone Years of West Taunton
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The Cabinetmaker's Treasury
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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six.; A picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation. Done by divers hands and ed. By Arthur Gilman � under the direction of a committee of the city government and citizens ...
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The Carver family of New England; Robert Carver of Marshfield and his descendants, compiled by Clifford N. Carver
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The Carver genealogy; compiled by Rev. Robert Carver
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The Catholic Church in Sandwich 1830 - 1930
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The Centenary of the Merchants National Bank
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The Centennial Book of American Biography: Embracing the Lives of the Great Men Who's Deeds Illustrate the First 100 years of American Independence
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The Centennial History of the Morton Hospital & Medical Center: Celebrate a Century of Caring 1889-1989
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The Centennial of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, 1802-1902
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The Chattanooga Campaign; with especial reference to Wisconsin's participation therein
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The City of Taunton, 1864 - 1964
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The Civil War Through the Camera: a complete illustrated history of the Civil War
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The Civil War: strange & fascinating facts
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The Civil war in song and story. 1860 - 1865.; Collected and arranged by Frank Moore
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The Classic American silver
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The Coffin family. With introd. By Will Gardner.
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The Collector's Dictionary of Quilt Names & Patterns: drawings by the author and color photos by Glen San Lwin
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The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania: charter, constitution, by-laws, officers, committees, members, etc.
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The Comey-Comee family in America. Descendants of David Comey of Concord, Mass., killed in King Philip's war, 1676, with notes on the Maltman family.
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The Commemorative Guide to the Massachusetts Bicentennial
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Lizzie A. Borden: the Knowlton papers 1892-1893
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The Comprehensive World Atlas
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The Confiscation of John Chandler's Estate
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The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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The Conveyance of Taunton Mail 1792-1892 Including Raymond's Penny Post Circa 1858
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The Costume Book
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The Coyle Review 1938
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The Crawford family of Oakham, Massachusetts
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The Crockers of Taunton
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The Crosiers of Halifax, Vermont: some of the descendants of John Croser c. 1714-c. 1755
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The Crossman's of Maine and Massachusetts; : the descendants of Joseph of Raynham, Massachusetts, 1697
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The D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy
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The Daguerreotype in America
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The Dean(e)s of Taunton, Massachusetts: the family of Donald Leroy Deans
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The Decorative Arts in America at 1776
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The Diary of Capt. Samuel Tillinghast of Warwick, Rhode Island, 1757-1766
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The Douglas genealogy. The descendants of John Douglas of Middleborough, Massachusetts
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The Drake family in England and America, 1360-1895; and the descendants of Thomas Drake of Weymouth, Mass., 1635-1691.
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The Driver family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver, of Lynn, Mass. With an appendix, containing twenty-three allied families.
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The Dutch and Quaker colonies in America
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The Duxbury book 1637-1987
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The Early Planters of Scituate; a History of the Town of Scituate, Massachusetts, from its establishment to the end of the revolutionary war
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The Early Records of the Town of Providence. V. I-XXI
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The East Bridgewater Sesquicentennial 1823-1973
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The Eddy family in America, a genealogy compiled by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy� and published under the direction of the Eddy family association, inc., in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, October 29, 1630.
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The Eddy family. Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct 29, 1630.
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The Encyclopedia of Antiques; with introduction by Sir John Pope-Hennessy
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The Encyclopedia of Collectibles
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Antiques
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The England of the Pilgrim Fathers
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The English Cathedrals
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The English ancestry of Peter Talbot of Dorchester, Mass.; Compiled for Emily Talbot Walker, a descendant of Peter Talbot
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The English hexapla
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The English hexapla; exhibiting the six important English translations of the New Testament scriptures.
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The English rudiments of the Latin tongue, explained by question and answer
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The Exposition Cotton Mills Company seventieth anniversary 1882-1952
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The Factory
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The Fales family of Bristol, Rhode Island; ancestry of Haliburton Fales of New York
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The Family Genealogy of Sarah Esther (Meader) and Addison Lorance Smith
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The Family of Captain John Mills of Medway and Sherborn, Mass., and Amherst, N. H.
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The Fifteenth Day: Commonwealth vs. Domenick L. Bonomi
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The Fifth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry in its three tours of duty 1861,1862-'63, 1864
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The Fifty-seventh regiment of Massachusetts volunteers in the war of the rebellion. Army of the Potomac.
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The Final Voyage of the Central America, 1857: the saga of a gold rush steamship, the tragedy of her loss in a hurricane, and the treasure which is now recovered
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The Fireman's Aid
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The First Parish Unitarian Church
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The First Post Office At East Taunton Mass. September 4, 1828-September 3-1830
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The Flag Officers: Swift, their military ancestors and descendants
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The French Blood in America
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The French and Indian War, an Album
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The French in America during the War of Independence of the United States, 1777-1783. A translation � of Les Francais en Amerique pendant la guerre de l'independence des Etats Unis.
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The Fulton-Hayden-Warner ancestry in America
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The Fun and Laughter of Politics
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The General Court of Massachusetts, 1630-1930. Tercentary exercises to commemorate its establishment three hundred years ago, and to note the progress of the commonwealth under nine generations of lawmakers, held at the State house, Boston, Massachusetts, at a special session in the chamber of the House of representatives. October twenty, nineteen thirty, eleven o'clock.
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The Genesis of the Civil War: the story of Sumter, 1860-1861, by Samuel Wylie Crawford
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The Gilbert Family: The Carver Family: The Duffield Family
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The Giles memorial. Genealogical memoirs of the families bearing the names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennson, Leonard, Lindall, Curwen, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and Webb; also genealogical sketches of the Pool, Very, Tarr and other families, with a history of Pemaquid, ancient and modern; some account of early settlements in Maine; and some details of Indian warfare
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The Global Twentieth: an anthology of the 20th AF in WW II
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The Gosnold Discoveries - in the North Part of Virginia, 1602, now Cape Cod and the islands, Massachusetts: according to the relations by Gabriel Archer and John Brereton, arranged in parallel for convenient comparison compiled and edited by Lincoln A. Dexter
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The Great Rebellion; a History of the Civil War in the United States
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The Great industries of the United States; being an historical summary of the origin, growth, and perfection of the chief industrial arts of this country
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The Greatest Generation
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The Gustin family,; being the story of the Thomas Gustin branch of the family tree, together with some of its roots and a few of its neighboring branches. 2d ed., to which has been added the genealogies of the Carlisle and McLean families.
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The Haile, Hail, Hale family: the descendants of Richard Haile of Swansea (1640-1729) compiled by William Jonanthan Hale
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The Hall Family of Uxbridge and Douglas, Massachusetts; circa 1520-circa 1900
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The Halls of New England. Genealogical and biographical.
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The Hapgood family: descendants of Shadrach, 1665-1898. A new., with supplement by Warren Hapgood.
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The Harvard Brief Dictionary of Music
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The Hebrew exercises of Governor William Bradford
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The Henshaw chronicles
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The Hereditary register of the United States of America
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The Hereditary register of the United States of America
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The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver: With biographical sketches of New England silversmiths, 1625-1825
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The Hessian Lieutenant Left His Name
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The History of American Dress
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The History of Bristol, R.I.; The Story of the Mount Hope Lands, From the Visit of the Northmen to the Present Time
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The History of Lace
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The History of Milton, Mass. 1640 to 1887
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The History of Nantucket; Being a Compendious Account of the First Settlement of the island by the English, together with the rise and progress of the whale fishery; and other historical facts relative to said island and its inhabitants.
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The History of Raynham
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The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; Comprising a History of the Present Towns of Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Pawtucket, from their settlement to the present time: together with sketches of Attleborough, Cumberland, and a part of Swansey and Barrington, to the time that they were severally separated from the original town
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The History of Taunton
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The History of Taunton
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The History of Warren, Rhode Island in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783
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The History of the Greek Community in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1885-1915: a demographic study of the early Greek settlers
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The History of the Greek Community in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1915-1955
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The History of the Origin, rise, and progress of the war in America.
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The History of the Tenth Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery in the War of the Rebellion.; Formerly of the Third Corps, and afterwards of Hancock's Second Corps, Army of the Potomac. 1862-1865
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The Holy Bible containing Old and New Testaments
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The Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments; newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised.
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The Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments; newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised.
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The Holy Bible; containing the old Testament and the New
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The Holy Bible; containing the old and new testaments: newly translated out of the original tongues with the former translations diligently composed and revised
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The Holy Bible; of the old and new testament
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The Hortons in America: being a corrected reprint of the 1876 work by Dr. Geo F. Horton, with many of the succeeding generations brought down to the present time. With the history and some lines of the posterity of Thomas Horton, the Springfield, Mass. Immigrant, 1636. And also a line of the posterity of Levi Horton, a descendant of Jeremy Horton, the sea captain.
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The Howard genealogy; descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903
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The Humorous Mr. Lincoln
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The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles
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The Indian and the white man in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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The Indian history of Attleboro
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The Indian sign language,; with brief explanatory notes of the gestures taught deaf-mutes in our institutions for their instruction and a description of some of the peculiar laws, customs, myths, superstitions, ways of living, code of peace and war signals of our aborigines.
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The Iron Horse
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The Italian - Americans In Taunton, Massachusetts
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The Jenney book: John Jenney of Plymouth, and his descendants
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The John Round Family of Swansea and Rehoboth, Massachusetts
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The Journal 1916
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The Journal 1936
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The Journal 1937
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The Journal 1938
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The Journal 1939
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The Journal 1940
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The Journal 1941
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The Journal 1943
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The Journal 1944
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The Journal 1947
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