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Town Histories
The Hurley Library at the Old Colony History Museum provides a comprehensive collection of materials on Massachusetts town histories. From local industries and businesses to homes and communities, it’s a valuable resource for exploring the rich heritage of towns across the state.
Souvenir of the 50th Anniversary of the Dedication of Bunker Hill Monument, 1843-1893
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Springfield, 1636 - 1886; History of Town and City, including an account of the quarter-millennial celebration at Springfield, Mass., May 25 and 26, 1886
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Stories of the Old Bay State
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Swamp Yankee
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Swansea 1675
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Tales Around the Common: Bridgewater Massachusetts
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Taunton Area...Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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Taunton Massachusetts: The Revolutionary Years
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Taunton Remembered
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Taunton's Historical Mile
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The Annals of Salem, From its First Settlement
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The Berkshire Jubilee, Celebrated at Pittsfield, Mass. August 22 and 23, 1844.
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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 Book of Boston
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The Book of Taunton
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The Bridgewater Book
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The Bygone Years of West Taunton
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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 Centenary of the Merchants National Bank
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The City of Taunton, 1864 - 1964
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The Crane History of Bridgewater
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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 East Bridgewater Sesquicentennial 1823-1973
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The History of Cape Cod: the annals of Barnstable County, including the district of Mashpee.
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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 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 Indian History of Attleboro
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The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, New England, in 1620: reprinted from the original
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The Lancastrian towns
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The Military History of Medway, Mass., 1745-1885
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The New Grant: a History of Medway
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The Records of the Town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts. 1630 - 1703.
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The Story of Massachusetts
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The Story of Middleboro's Prehistoric Origins
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The Story of Old Nantucket: a Brief History of the Island and its People
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The Story of the "Old Colony" of New Plymouth, 1620 - 1692.
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The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1606-1623 A.D. As Told by Themselves, Their Friends, and Their Enemies.
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The Story of the Pilgrim Tercentenary Celebration at Plymouth in the Year 1921
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The Times of Their Lives; Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony
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The Town of Bellingham, Massachusetts, 1719 - 1969
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The Town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages.
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The Town that Moved
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The Turn-of-the-Century Rehoboth Memoirs of Anna (Hass) Morgan, 1903-1909; researched and edited by Charles Turek Robinson.
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The Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Duxbury, June 17, 1887.
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The Village of Westport Point Massachusetts
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The War Years in the Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1765 - 1781
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The boundary lines of old Groton
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The celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, September 15, 1885.
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The celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, June 15 1886.
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The early records of Groton, Massachusetts.; 1662 - 1707.
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The early records of Lancaster, Massachusetts.; 1643-1725.
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The history of Massachusetts
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The history of the county of Worcester, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts: with a particular account of every town from its first settlement to the present time:; including its ecclesiastical state, together with a geographical description of the same : to which is prefixed, a map of the county, at large, from actual survey
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The history of the province of Massachusetts Bay, from 1749 to 1774; Comprising a detailed narrative of the origin and early stages of the American Revolution.
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The ministry of Taunton: With Incidental Notices of Other Professions
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The spirit of liberty and union
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The story of Essex county
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The town of Hingham in the late civil war,; with sketches of its soldiers and sailors.
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This was Foxborough!
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Town of Dighton Bi-Centennial 1712-1912.
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Town of Easton 250th anniversary 1725-1975; Easton Dual Celebration Committee
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Town of Norton Bi-Centennial, 1711-1911.
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Two Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary; Town of Dighton, Massachusetts, 1712-1962
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Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of Sandwich and Bourne, at Sandwich, Massachusetts, September 3, 1889
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Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church in Middleboro, Massachusetts
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Weymouth Massachusetts : A New England Town
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Wish You Were Here: Taunton, Mass.
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Wrentham, 1673-1973: A History by Jordan D. Fiore.
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Yankee Yarns from Berkley, Massachusetts and Neighboring Towns in Bristol County
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Yesterday's Massachusetts
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