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Hurley Library
The Old Colony History Museum is home to the Hurley Library, specializing in a wide variety of Massachusetts-based subjects. Explore topics like local industries, military history, collectibles, and town histories. Uncover your family's story, learn about Taunton’s past, or delve into records on businesses, homes, and communities.

History of John Taylor of Hadley; Including Accounts of the Organization and Meetings of the Taylor Reunion Association of Hadley, Massachusetts, and the Genealogy of the Descendants of the Ancestor.
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History of King Phillip, Sovereign Chief of the Wampanoags: Including the Early History of the Settlers of New England
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History of Newport County Rhode Island. From the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns and their subsequent progress.
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History of North Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, North Middleborough, Massachusetts
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History of Shipbuilding on North River Plymouth County, Massachusetts, With Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon its Tributaries : 1640 - 1872
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History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Including an extensive family register
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History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Including an extensive family register
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History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Including an extensive family register
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History of the Fifth Massachusetts battery, Organized October 3, 1861, mustered out June 12, 1865.
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History of the Fiftieth regiment of infantry, Massachusetts volunteer militia, in the late war of the rebellion
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History of the Great Rebellion, from its commencement to its close, giving an account of its origin, the secession of the southern states, and the formation of the Confederate government, the concentration of the military and financial resources of the Federal government ...
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History of the Lincoln Family: An Account of the Descendants of Samuel Lincoln of Hingham Massachusetts 1637-1920
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History of the National Peace Jubilee and Great Musical Festival, held in the city of Boston, June, 1869, to commemorate the restoration of peace throughout the land.
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History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry, 1861-1865; Issued by the History Committee
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History of the Ninth regiment; Massachusetts volunteer infantry, Second brigade, First division, Fifth army corps, Army of the Potomac June, 1861-June, 1864
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History of the Parker-Gates-Shaw House to 1925; Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A town in transition.
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History of the Second Massachusetts Battery (Nim's battery) of light artillery, 1861-1865, comp. from records of the rebellion, official reports, diaries, and rosters.
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History of the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; In the war of the Rebellion of the Southern States against Constitutional Authority 1861-1865. With description of battles, army movements, hospital life, incidents of the camp, by officers and privateers; and a comprehensive introduction of the moral and political forces which precipitated the wa of secession upon the people of the United states.
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History of the Thirty-seventh regiment, Mass., volunteers, in the civil war of 1861-1865, with a comprehensive sketch of the doings of Massachusetts as a state, and of the principal campaigns of the war.
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History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year of Our Lord 1891 with a genealogical register of old families.
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History of the Town of Lakeville, Massachusetts, 1852-1952; one hundreth anniversay of the town of Lakeville.
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History of the Town of Lancaster, Massachusetts: from the first settlement to the present time, 1643-1879.
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History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1868, with a genealogical register of Lexington families.
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History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement in 1630 to 1855.
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History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement to 1881
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History of the Town of Plymouth, from its first settlement in 1620, to the present time: with a concise history of the aborigines of New England, and their wars with the English, &c., by James Thacher...
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History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876; including Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1813; and parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn
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History of the War Between the United States and Mexico, from the Commencement of Hostilities to the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace.
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History of the War Between the United States and Mexico, from the commencement of hostilities to the ratification of the treaty of peace.
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History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War, by Francis A March in Collaboration with Richard J. Beamish With an intro. By Peyton C. March, with Exclusive Photos. By James H. Hare and Donald Thompson and with reproductions from the official photos. of the United States, Canadian, British, French and Italian Governments
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History of the Yankee division; with appreciations by General John J. Pershing, Major- General Clarence R. Edwards and Secretary of war Newton D. Baker.
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History of the first regiment of heavy artillery; Massachusetts volunteers, formerly the fourteenth regiment of infantry, 1861-1865.
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Hoar-Hoard-Horr: A Record of Descendants of Hezekiah Hoar of Taunton, Massachusetts with an Historical Introduction by Nortan T. Horr
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Honor Roll of Massachusetts Patriots Heretofore Unknown; Being a list of men and women who loaned money to the federal government during the years 1777-1779.
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How to Paint Tin: instructions for decorating early American tin by stenciling and free-hand painting
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I Didn't Know That!: Greater New Bedford's Golden Nuggets, Historic People, Places, and Events: 1750 to 1925
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If birds can fly why can't I: the history of Taunton's airport, 1919-2009 and other aviation high-lights
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If elected, I promise: 1001 jokes, toasts, stories, and gems of wisdom by and about politicians
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Illustrated Catalogue And Price List Of Electro Silver Plate Manufactured By Reed & Barton And Heavily Silver: Plated On Hand White Metal And Nickel Silver
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Illustrated catalogue of arms and military goods; containing regulations for the uniform of the army, navy, marine, and revenue corps of the United States
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In Memoriam: Rev. Mortimer Blake, D.D.: A Memorial Service and Addresses at the Winslow Church, Feb. 15th, 1885.
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In Their Words: Genealogist's Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents
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Index to American genealogies and to genealogical material contained in all works as town histories, county histories, local histories, historical society publications, biographies, historical periodicals, and kindred works.
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Index to the Newsletters, Journals, and Bulletins of the Polish Genealogical Society of America 1979-1993
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Indian history, biography, and genealogy; Pertaining to the good sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag tribe, and his descendants.
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Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise, and Maneuvers of the Soldier, a Company, Line of Skirmishers, Battalion, Brigade, or Corps d'Armee
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Ironworks on the Saugus: the Lynn and Braintree ventures of the Company of Undertakers of the Ironworks in New England.
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Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations; Compiled by Robert S. Wakefield
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James Hayward, Born April 4, 1750, Killed in the Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775, with Genealogical Notes Relating to the Haywards.
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James Leonard of Taunton, Massachusetts Ironmaster. From the Research and Manuscripts of Elisha Clark Leonard and G. Marston Leonard
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James Leonard, Ironworker of Taunton, Massachusetts Generations of Seven and Eight of His Decendants with Appendices for Seth Leonard and Ruth Hoar and William Leonard and Sarah Bolton and George Leonard and Rebecca Pond and Their Decendants
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James Madison Morton: A Memorial. An associate justice of the Supreme judicial court of the commonwealth of Massachusetts
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John Atwood of Plymouth, Massachusetts: Typing from the Original Unpublished Manuscript by Loraine Fair Sanford
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John French, Jr. of Taunton, Berkley, Middleboro, and Oakham, Massachusetts; and His Descendants
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John Howland of the Mayflower, vol. 1: the first five generations through Desire Howland and Captain John Gorham
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John Pory's Lost Description of Plymouth Colony in the Earliest Days of the Pilgrim Fathers; together with contemporary accounts of English colonization elsewhere in New England and in the Bermudas;
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Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas: With Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical.
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Jonah Austin of Taunton, MA, Sailed on the Hercules of Sandwich in March 1634; compiled by William Wallace Austin, Jr., William Allen Day, Edith Austin Moore (1974), edited by Shirley E. Austin Ragusa (1994).
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Jonah Austin of Taunton, Massachusetts sSailed on Hercules of Sandwich in March 1634-5; William Wallace Austin, William Allen Day, Edith Austin Moore.
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Jones Ancestors: Being an Ascending Genealogy from Merton Edward Jones to 150 Immigrant Ancestors
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Joshua Davidson Christian: The Story of the Life of One Who, in the Nineteenth Century, was "Like Unto Christ" As Told by His Body Servant
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Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of delegates chosen to revise the constitution of Massachusetts; begun and holden at Boston, November 15, 1820, and continued by adjournment to January 9, 1821
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Journal of the forty-seventh annual encampment: Department of Massachusetts: Grand Army of the Republic/ (Boston Committee on the 47th annual encampment, G.A.R.)
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Kenrick, Kendrick, Kindrick. Some of the Descendents of John Kendrick, the Immigrant, with Historical Matter Connected Therewith.
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Kimball-Weston Memorial. The American Ancestry and Descendants of Alonzo and Sarah (Weston) Kimball of Green Bay, Wisconsin, comp. by William Herbert Hobbs.
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Kingsley Family of America: Ancestry, Records, Sketches of John Kingsley of Dorchester and Rehoboth, Mass. With his descendants: ancestry, records, sketches of Stephen Kingsley of Dorchester, Braintree, and Milton, Mass. With some of his descendants: records, sketches of other Kingsley contemporaries with unknown ancestry
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