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• A history of the town of Franklin, Mass.; from its settlement to the completion of its first century, 2d March, 1878; with genealogical notices of its earliest families, sketches of its professional men, and a report of the centennial celebration. (Pub. by the Committee of the Town, 1879), by Mortimer Blake (page images at HathiTrust)
• Two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin ([Sentinel Press, 1906), by Mass.) Franklin Business Association (Franklin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin (The Sentinel Press, 1906), by Mass.) Franklin Business Association (Franklin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the town of Franklin, Mass. : from its settlement to the completion of its first century, 2d March, 1878 : with genealogical notices of its earliest families, sketches of its professional men, and a report of the centennial celebration (Higginson Book Co., 1989), by Mortimer Blake (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin (Sentinel Press, 1906), by Franklin Franklin Business Association (page images at HathiTrust)

• A history of the town of Franklin, Mass.; from its settlement to the completion of its first century, 2d March, 1878; with genealogical notices of its earliest families, sketches of its professional men, and a report of the centennial celebration. (Pub. by the Committee of the Town, 1879), by Mortimer Blake (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the town of Franklin, Mass. : from its settlement to the completion of its first century, 2d March, 1878 : with genealogical notices of its earliest families, sketches of its professional men, and a report of the centennial celebration (Higginson Book Co., 1989), by Mortimer Blake (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A history of the town of Franklin, Mass.; from its settlement to the completion of its first century, 2d March, 1878; with genealogical notices of its earliest families, sketches of its professional men, and a report of the centennial celebration. (Pub. by the Committee of the Town, 1879), by Mortimer Blake (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the town of Franklin, Mass. : from its settlement to the completion of its first century, 2d March, 1878 : with genealogical notices of its earliest families, sketches of its professional men, and a report of the centennial celebration (Higginson Book Co., 1989), by Mortimer Blake (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• Ray Memorial, Franklin, Massachusetts. (Ray Memorial Association, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ray Memorial, Franklin, Massachusetts. (Ray Memorial Association, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The dignity of man. A discourse addressed to the congregation in Franklin, upon the occasion of their receiving from Dr. Franklin, the mark of his respect, in a rich donation of books, appropriated to the use of a parish-library. / By Nathanael Emmons, Pastor of the church in Franklin. (Providence: : Printed by Bennett Wheeler, in Westminster-Street., [1787]), by Nathanael Emmons, Benjamin Franklin, and Mass.) First Congregational Church (Franklin (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A discourse delivered, July 5, 1802, in commemoration of American independence ([publisher not identified], 1802), by Nathanael Emmons (page images at HathiTrust)

• The dignity of man. A discourse addressed to the congregation in Franklin, upon the occasion of their receiving from Dr. Franklin, the mark of his respect, in a rich donation of books, appropriated to the use of a parish-library. / By Nathanael Emmons, Pastor of the church in Franklin. (Providence: : Printed by Bennett Wheeler, in Westminster-Street., [1787]), by Nathanael Emmons, Benjamin Franklin, and Mass.) First Congregational Church (Franklin (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Ray Memorial, Franklin, Massachusetts. (Ray Memorial Association, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ray Memorial, Franklin, Massachusetts. (Ray Memorial Association, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ray Memorial, Franklin, Massachusetts. (Ray Memorial Association, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A sermon, preached in Franklin, March 16, 1820 : at the funeral of Major Erastus Emmons (Printed by Munroe and Francis, 1820), by Elisha Fisk and George G. Fairbanks (page images at HathiTrust)

• Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (partial serial archives)
• Defence of Massachusetts: Speech of Hon. Anson Burlingame, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, June 21, 1856 (pamphlet; 1856), by Anson Burlingame (page images at HathiTrust)
• Defence of Massachusetts: Speech of Hon. Anson Burlingame, of Massachusetts, in the United States House of Representatives, June 21, 1856 (Cambridge, MA: Printed for Private Distribution, 1856), by Anson Burlingame (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Loiterer in New England (New York: G. H. Doran Company, c1919), by Helen W. Henderson
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• The story of Massachusetts (D. Lothrop company, 1891), by Edward Everett Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• The New England conscience; with typical examples (R.G. Badger, 1915), by James Phinney Munroe (page images at HathiTrust)
• In olde Massachusetts; sketches of old times and places during the early days of the commonwealth (The Grafton Press, 1907), by Charles Burr Todd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoir of Colonel Henry Lee : with selections from his writings and speeches (Little, Brown, and Company, 1905), by John T. Morse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grandfather's chair (W.B. Conkey, in the 1890s), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from New England history ... (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1883), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The maritime history of Massachusetts, 1783-1860 (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921), by Samuel Eliot Morison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Massachusetts: its historians and its history. An object lesson (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893), by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three episodes of Massachusetts history. : the settlement of Boston Bay. The Antinomian controversy. A study of church and town government (Boston, Mass. ; New York, NY : Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1892., 1892), by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts ... (Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1855), by John Stetson Barry, Alice de V. Clarke, John Amory Lowell, Henry Barry, David Center for the American Revolution, Boston Stereotype Foundry, Bazin and Chandler, and Sampson & Company Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Massachusetts (Richardson and Lord, 1822), by Alden Bradford (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The whole history of grandfather's chair; or, True stories from New England history, 1620-1803 (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1878), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Sargent family and the old Sargent homes. (F.S. Whitten, 1919), by Charles E. Mann (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography (Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1854), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography. (Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography (Houghton, Mifflin, 1878), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1878), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten years of Massachusetts. (D. C. Heath & Co., 1888), by Raymond L. Bridgman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts. (Sampson, 1856), by John Stetson Barry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three episodes of Massachusetts history; The settlement of Boston Bay: The Antinomian controversy: The study of church and town government. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1894), by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts ... (Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1857), by John Stetson Barry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Massachusetts state record : New England register, and year book of general information ([s.n.], 1850), by Nahum Capen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts : from its earliest settlement to the present time (Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1872), by W. H. Carpenter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the present time. (Lippincott, Grambo & co., 1853), by W. H. Carpenter (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts : from its earliest settlement to 1832 : and of the adjoining towns, Bedford, Acton, Lincoln, and Carlisle, containing various notices of county and state history not before published (Russell, Odiorne, and Co. ;, 1835), by Lemuel Shattuck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leading manufacturers and merchants of eastern Massachusetts : historical and descriptive review of the industrial enterprises of Bristol, Plymouth, Norfolk, and Middlesex Counties. (International Pub. Co., 1887), by N.Y.) International Publishing Company (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• A family book; containing discourses on the following subjects, being doctrinal, evangelical, practical, and historical. (J. Cushing, 1801), by Eli Forbes (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from New England history, 1620-1803 (The Macmillan Company, 1912), by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Homer Hitchcock Kingsley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Massachusetts, its historians and its history : an object lesson (Houghton, Mifflin, 1894), by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts : from the landing of the Pilgrims to the present time. Including a narrative of the persecutions by state and church in England; the early voyages to North America; the explorations of the early settlers; their hardships, sufferings and conflicts with the savages; the rise of the colonial power; the birth of independence; the formation of the commonwealth; and the gradual progress of the state from its earliest infancy to its present high position. (B.B. Russell, 1876), by George Lowell Austin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts, from the landing of the Pilgrims to the present time ... (B. B. Russell, 1885), by George Lowell Austin (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Massachusetts, for two hundred years: from the year 1620 to 1820. (Hilliard, Gray, 1835), by Alden Bradford (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography (Ticknor and Fields, 1857), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography. (Ticknor and Fields, 1866), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commemorative services of the First Church in Newton, Massachusetts, on the occasion of the two hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of its foundation. (The society, 1890), by Mass.) First Church (Newton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscent sketches (Press of the Bryant print], 1902), by Aella Greene (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographical stories. (Houghton, Miffin & company., 1896), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. (The Society, 1835), by Massachusetts Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report ... (n.p., 1838), by Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on the Annexation of Texas to the United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• Massachusetts: a typical American commonwealth. (J. Wilson and son, 1893), by William Elliot Griffis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of the old Bay state (American Book Co., 1899), by Elbridge S. Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts, from the landing of the Pilgrims to the present time ... (B. B. Russell, 1884), by George Lowell Austin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conversations on the history of Massachusetts, from its settlement to the present period; for the use of schools and families. (Munroe & Francis, 1831), by Mary Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of Massachusetts. (Educational Pub. Co., /, 1892), by Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick and Anna Temple Lovering (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography. (Houghton, Osgood, and Co., 1879), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Declaration of independence by the colony of Massachusetts Bay ([New York, 1862), by Henry Barton Dawson and New-York Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Massachusetts under the Constitution]. (s.n., 1780) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book for Massachusetts children : in familiar letters from a father : for the use of families and schools. (Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1829), by Hosea Hildreth (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book for Massachusetts children : in familiar letters from a father : for the use of families and schools. (Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831), by Hosea Hildreth and Gray Hilliard (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1896), by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Book Traces Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1880), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography. (James R. Osgood, 1871), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts. (The Author, 1856), by John Stetson Barry (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography (James R. Osgood, 1876), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of western Massachusetts. (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1949), by Harry Andrew Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address delivered before the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth, December 22, 1835 (Light and Stearns, 1836), by Peleg Sprague and Pilgrim Society (Plymouth, Mass.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An elementary geography for Massachusetts children. (Lemuel N. Ide, 1849), by William Bentley Fowle, Abel Bowen, and Lemuel N. Ide (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the present time. (Lippincott, Grambo, 1854), by W. H. Carpenter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts : from its earliest settlement to the present time (Lippincott & co., 1858), by W. H. Carpenter (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Old Colony Railroad : a complete history of the Old Colony Railroad from 1844 to the present time ... (Hager & Handy, 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Defence of Massachusetts. (Printed for private distribution, 1856), by Anson Burlingame (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Annual meeting April, 1869 ([Boston?, 1869), by Massachusetts Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Massachusetts. (Phillips, Sampson, 1855), by John Stetson Barry (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography. (Ticknor and Fields, 1855), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The whole history of grandfather's chair : complete in three parts (Houghton, Mifflin, 1891), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Massachusetts; its historians and its history : An object lesson. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1893), by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse pronounced at the request of the Essex Historical Society, on the 18th of September, 1828 in commemoration of the first settlement of Salem, in the state of Massachusetts. (Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1828), by Joseph Story (page images at HathiTrust)
• Massachusetts, its historians and its history : an object lesson (Houghton, Mifflin, 1898), by Charles Francis Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grandfather's chair true stories from New England history and biography (University Publishing Company, 1901), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes and additions to history of Gloucester. (M.V.B. Perley, 1876), by John J. Babson and M. V. B. Perley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pilgrim fathers of New England and their Puritan successors (Revell, 1895), by John Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of a loan collection of ancient and historic articles (The Andover press, 1897), by General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution. Massachusetts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grandfather's chair (Houghton, Mifflin, 1883), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grandfather's chair (James R. Osgood, 1873), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Liberty tree : with the last words of Grandfather's chair (Geo. W. Briggs ... , 1851), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• True stories from history and biography. (Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1861), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the U.S., no. III; or, Uncle Philip's conversations with the children about Massachusetts. (Harper, 1841), by Uncle Philip (page images at HathiTrust)
• Western Massachusetts ; a history, 1636-1925 (Lewis historical publishing company, inc., 1926), by John H. Lockwood, Will L. Clark, Edward Boltwood, Herbert E. Riley, Walter S. Carson, and Ernest Newton Bagg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grandfather's chair / by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1896), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bakers and baking in Massachusetts, including the flour, baking supply and kindred interests, from 1620 to 1909. (Master Bakers' Association of Massachusetts, 1909), by Arthur Wellington Brayley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grandfather's chair (McLoughlin, 1905), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of Massachusetts (The American historical society, inc., 1938), by William Horace Clark and Daniel L. Marsh (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• [Massachusetts : Pamphlet vol.] (1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grandfather's chair (W. B. Conkey Co., 1903), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• MHS collections (The Society, 1792), by Massachusetts Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• New England sampler. Boston, Hingham and the South Shore (Pub. by author, 1950), by H. Leavitt Horton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Application of Samuel D. Bradford and others to set off wards six, seven, and eight, of the city of Roxbury, as a separate agricultural town : speech of Hon. Rufus Choate, before the joint legislative committee on towns, Boston, April 4, 1851. (Boston : George C. Rand & Co., 1851., 1851), by Rufus Choate (page images at HathiTrust)
• An examination of the grounds or causes, which are said to induce the court of Boston in New-England to make that order or law of banishment upon pain of death against the Quakers;: as also of the grounds and considerations by them produced to manifest the warrantableness and justness both of their making and executing the same, which they now stand deeply engaged to defend, having already thereupon put two of them to death. As also of some further grounds for justifying of the same, in an appendix to John Norton's book ... whereto he is said to be appointed by the General Court. And likewise of the arguments briefly hinted in that which is called, A true relation of the proceedings against the Quakers, &c. Whereunto somewhat is added about the authority and government which Christ excluded out of his Church ... By Isaac Penington, the younger. (London : printed for L. Lloyd, next to the sign of the Castle in Cornhill, 1660), by Isaac Penington (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A true account of the tryals, examinations, confessions, condemnations, and executions of divers witches, at Salem, in New-England: for their bewitching of sundry people and cattel to death, and doing other great mischiefs, to the ruine of many people about them. With the strange circumstances that attended their enchantments: and their conversation with devils, and other infernal spirits. In a letter to a friend in London. Licensed according to order. (London : printed for J. Conyers; in Holbourn, 1692), by M. C. (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The humble petition and address of the general court sitting at Boston in New-England,: unto the high and mighty Prince Charles the Second. And presented unto his most-gracious majesty Feb. 11. 1660. ([Cambridge, Mass.] : Printed [by S. Green], in the year 1660), by Massachusetts General Court, Charles King of England, and John Endecott (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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