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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.
A Bell and Its story: An Address Before the Catholic Inter-Parish Debating Society, of Fall River, Mass. Delivered December 23d, 1904
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A Bit of Nostalgia: The Attleboro Area in Photographs 1875-1940
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A Brief History of Bristol County; with an introduction by William F. Hanna
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A Brief History of Old Deerfield including a description of places open to the public as well as miscellaneous information pertaining there-to
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A Centennial History of Cottage City
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A Documentary History of Chelsea, including the Boston precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624 - 1824
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A History of Avon, Massachusetts 1720-1988
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A History of Bristol County, Massachusetts
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A History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts; its history for 275 years, 1643 - 1918
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A History of the Town of Acushnet, Bristol County, State of Massachusetts.
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A History of the Town of Concord; Middlesex county, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to 1832; and of the adjoining towns, Bedford, Action, Lincoln, and Carlisle; containing various notices of county and state history not before published.
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A History of the Town of Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, from 1669 to 1859.
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A Narrative History of the Town of Cohasset, Massachusetts
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A New England town: the first hundred years:; Dedham, Massachusetts, 1636-1736
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A Pictorial History of the Attleboros; Presented by The Sun Chronicle
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A Short Account with the By-Laws, and a List of the Members of the Mass. Historical Society
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A Sketch of the History of Attleborough, from its Settlement to the Division.
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A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845.
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A Stoughton Historical Sampler 1895 - 1995
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A Tour of Houses and Churches: September 23, 1989
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A historical sketch of the town of Hanover, Mass.,; with family genealogies.
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A history of Boston, the metropolis of Massachusetts from its origin to the present period; With some account of the environs.
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A history of the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society 1883-1983
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A history of the town of Franklin, Mass;; from its settlement to the completion of its first century, 2nd March, 1878; with genealogical notices of its earliest families, sketches of its professional men. And a report of the centennial celebration. By Mortimer Blake� Franklin, Mass., Pub. By the committee of the town, 1879
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A history of the town of Freetown, Massachusetts, with an account of the old home festival, July 30th, 1902.
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Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church, in Uxbridge, Mass, in 1864: With Further Statements Not Made A Part of the Address But Included in the Notes
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An Historic Guide to Cambridge, comp. by members of the Hannah Winthrop chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
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An Historical Address, Delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the Incorporation of the Town of Wilbraham, June 15, 1863
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An Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth
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An Historical Sketch of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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An historical sketch of Groton, Massachusetts. 1655 - 1890
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Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth
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Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth
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Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth: Part I. historical sketch and titles of estates. Part II. Genealogical register of Plymouth families.
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Annals of the town of Dorchester
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Before 1776 The Massachusetts Bay Colony from Founding to Revolution
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Berkley, Massachusetts,; items from the Taunton Daily Gazette January 2, 1902 - December 15, 1919
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Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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Boston, England, and Boston, New England, 1630 - 1930; reproductions of rare prints with a commentary of historic notes, presented by the State street trust company, in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the naming of Boston.
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Bowen's Picture of Boston, or the Citizens and Stranger's Guide to the Metropolis of Massachusetts, and its environs. To which is affixed the Annals of Boston...
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Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation." From the Original Manuscript.
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Braintree Massachusetts, its History.
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Bristol County, Massachusetts; Copied by Barbara Rebok.
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Cambridge Sketches by Cambridge Authors, ed.
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Candles on the Green: 80 years of Christmas in Taunton
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Cape Cod, the Right Arm of Massachusetts. An Historical Narrative
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Celebration of the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at West Bridgewater, June 3, 1856; including the address by Hon. Emory Washburn, of Worcester; poem by James Reed; and other exercises of the occasion. With an appendix
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Centennial in New Bedford: Historical Address by Hon. William W. Crapo, delivered on the occasion of the celebration in New Bedford of the fourth of July, 1876. To which are added an account of the celebration, and an appendix.
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Chronicles of Old Salem: a History in Miniature
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Commonwealth History of Massachusetts, Colony, Province, and State
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Continuation of the history of the province of Massachusetts bay, form the year 1748 [to 1765] With an introductory sketch of events from its original settlement.
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Days and Ways in Old Boston, ed. By William S. Rossiter; drawings by Malcolm Fraser and Jacques Reich
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Dennis, Cape Cod; From First Comers to Newcomers, 1639-1993.
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Diamond Jubilee, 1909-1984
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Early Rehoboth, Documented Historical Studies of Families and Events in this Plymouth Colony Township
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Early days in Wellesley Being Casual Recollections of Boyhood and Later Years - 1867 to 1881
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Easton's neighborhoods
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Eddyville, Middleboro, Massachusetts 1661-1987
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Every day but Sunday;; the romantic age of New England industry
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Fall River
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Fall River in history�some of the historical objects and places in and about Fall River; compiled by the Tercentenary Committee of Fall River
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Fall River, Massachusetts, a publication of personal points pertaining to a city of opportunity.
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Fire Service, 1844-1910; Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A town in transition.
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Frontier of Freedom; the Soul and Substance of America portrayed in one extraordinary village, Old Deerfield, Massetts
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General Tom Thumb and his lady
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Glimpses Into Raynham's Past.
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Glimpses of Early Wareham
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Groton during the revolution, with an appendix, by Samuel Abbott Green � Groton, Mass.
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Groton historical series.
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Guide to Plymouth, and recollections of the Pilgrims
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Haverhill, Massachusetts;; an industrial and commercial center.
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Highway to the Past: The Archaeology of Boston's Big Dig.
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Hingham: a story of its early settlement and life,; its ancient landmarks, its historic sites and buildings �
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Historic Duxbury in Plymouth county, Massachusetts.
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Historic Rehoboth: Record of the Dedication of Goff Memorial Hall, May 10th A.D. 1886
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Historical Addresses, Poem, and Other Exercises at the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Rehoboth, Mass., held October 3, 1894
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Historical Annals of Dedham, from its Settlement in 1635, to 1847
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Historical Sketch of the Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts From 1622 to 1884
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Historical Sketches of Andover, (comprising the present towns of North Andover and Andover), Massachusetts
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Historical sketches of the churches and affiliated groups in the Taunton district of the national council of Catholic women Fall River diocese.
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History Highlights: Bridgewater, Massachusetts, a Commemorative Journal
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History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts. 1620 - 1637 - 1686 - 1890
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History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men.
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History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630 - 1877. With a genealogical register.
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History of Easton, Massachusetts; Vol. II, 1886-1974
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History of Essex County, Massachusetts with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men.
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History of Halifax, Massachusetts
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History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton
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History of Marshfield
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History of Massachusetts
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History of New Bedford and its Vicinity, 1620-1992.
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History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, with Family Registers
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History of North Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, North Middleborough, Massachusetts
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History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable Counties, Massachusetts
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History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement to 1831
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History of Swansea Massachusetts 1667-1917
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History of Swansea Massachusetts 1667-1917
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History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time
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History of Weymouth, Massachusetts
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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 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 Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts. Historical review, 1637 - 1910
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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 Middleboro, Massachusetts
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History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts 1905-1965
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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 year 1832
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History of the Town of Somerset, Massachusetts; Shawomet purchase 1677, Incorporated 1790
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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 town of Dighton, Massachusetts; The South purchase May 30, 1712
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History of the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts.; With genealogical registers.
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History of the town of Easton, Massachusetts
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History of the town of Essex from 1634 to 1700.
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History of the town of Hanover, Massachusetts,; with family genealogies.
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History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts..
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History of the town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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History of the town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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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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I Didn't Know That!: Greater New Bedford's Golden Nuggets, Historic People, Places, and Events: 1750 to 1925
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If These Stones Could Speak: a History of the First Congregational Church of Raynham, U.C.C.
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Images of America: Somerset by James Bradbury.
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In Old Rehoboth: Book II
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In a Place Called Swansea
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Index. History of Taunton, Massachusetts
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Invitation to Boston
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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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Just Yesterday: A Pictorial History of Taunton
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Lakeville then and now
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Life in New Bedford a Hundred Years Ago; a chronicle of the social, religious and commercial history of the period as recorded in a diary kept by Joseph R. Anthony
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Life in New Bedford a Hundred Years Ago; a chronicle of the social, religious and commercial history of the period as recorded in a diary kept by Joseph R. Anthony
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Lights On! A Century of Christmas in Taunton
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Looking back at Easton, Massachusetts
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Major radford's town:; a history of Kingston 1726-1976
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Marshfield 70°-40' W:42°-5'N The Autobiography of a Pilgrim Town
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Massachusetts From Colony to Commonwealth An Illustrated History
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Massachusetts of Today A Memorial of the State
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Massachusetts, Colony to Commonwealth : an Illustrated History
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Massachusetts: a Bicentennial History
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Massachusetts; A pictorial history.
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Material Suggested for Use in the Schools in Observance of Massachusetts Bay Colony and of the General Court and One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Commonwealth/ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Education
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Mattapoisett and Old Rochester, Massachusetts: being a history of these towns and also in part of Marion and a portion of Wareham.
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Memorials of Marshfield and Guide Book to its Localities at Green Harbor.
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Memories of School Street Village
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Mighty Liberty Men
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Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims of Plymouth; Edited by Jordan D. Fiore
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Municipal history of Essex County in Massachusetts. Tercentenary ed. A classified work, devoted to the county's remarkable growth in all lines of human endeavor; more especially to with in a period of fifty year.; Tercentenary ed. A classified work, devoted to the county's remarkable growth in all lines of human endeavor; more especially to with in a period of fifty year.
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Myricks, Massachusetts: a Farming Settlement, a Railroad Village
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New Bedford: a Postcard History 1898 - 1960: Including Views of Fairhaven, Acushnet, Dartmouth, and Westport
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North Attleborough "Then and Now"
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Norton
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Norwood: the Centennial History of a Massachusetts Town
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Not Just Anywhere: the Story of WHALE and the Rescue of New Bedford's Waterfront Historic District
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Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620 - 1647; the complete text, with notes and an introd. By Samuel Eliot Morison
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Old Boston Days & Ways: from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city
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Old Scituate. (Scituate, Mass) Chief Justice Cushing Chapter
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One hundred and twenty-fifth annual report of the town officers Lakeville for the year 1977.
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Our County and its People: a Descriptive and Biographical Record of Bristol County Massachusetts
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Picture Postcard Memories of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts/ Mattapoisett Historical Society
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Pilgrim Memorials, and Guide for Visitors to Plymouth Village
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Pilgrim Memorials, and Guide for Visitors to Plymouth Village
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Pilgrim Plymouth Illustrated
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Plymouth Colony: It's History and People 1620-1691
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Plymouth Illustrated, 1893: a Tour of Plymouth as it was Long Ago
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Plymouth Memories of an Octogenarian
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Plymouth Tercentenary with a Brief History of the Life and Struggles of the Pilgrim Fathers
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Plymouth; Illustration by Cameron Wright
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Proceedings at the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, September 21, 1887.
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Puritan Age and Rule in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1629-1685
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Quarter Millennial Celebration of the City Taunton, Massachusetts, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4 and 5, 1889.
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Raynham '76
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Raynham: Past and Present 1731-1999
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Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England; Acts of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England
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Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England; Court Orders
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Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England; Deeds and et cetera
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Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England; Judicial Acts 1636-1692
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Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England; Laws, 1623-1682.
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Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England; Miscellaneous records, 1633-1689
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Records of the Town of Plymouth; pub. by order of the town
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Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts bay in New England
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Rehoboth 325th Anniversary
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Rehoboth Province of ye Masachusetts Bay 1692-1778; Rehoboth Continental Congress 1776-1778; Rehoboth United States of America 1778-1812 in 2 parts: Volume 3
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Rehoboth in the Past: an Historical Oration Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1860; also an account of the proceedings in Seekonk, (the ancient rehoboth), at the celebration of the day
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Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony 1645-1692: Volume 2: a History of Rehoboth, Seekonk, Swansey, Attleboro and North Attleboro, Mass., East Providence, Barrington and Pawtucket, R.I.
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Rehoboth, Swansea, and Dighton
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Reminiscences of Taunton In Ye Auld Lang Syne
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Rising From Cottages
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Roundabout Duxbury
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Saints and Strangers
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Salt Rivers of the Massachusetts Shore: Illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II.
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Seafarers of Somerset
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Shipbuilders of Mattapoisett
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Silver City Bulletin; A pictorial history of Taunton/
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Sketch of the History of Attleborough, from its Settlement to the Present Time
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Sketches of the early history of Somerset village
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