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• The Massachusetts election sermons; an essay in descriptive bibliography (J. Wilson and son, 1897), by Lindsay Swift (page images at HathiTrust)
• The acts and resolves, public and private, of the province of the Massachusetts Bay : to which are prefixed the charters of the province : with historical and explanatory notes, and an appendix. (Wright & Potter, printers, 1869), by Massachusetts, Melville Madison Bigelow, and Abner Cheney Goodell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Supplement to the Acts and resolves of Massachusetts : containing such legislative proceedings recorded in the public archives as are omitted in the authorized edition ([s.n.], 1896), by Massachusetts and Edwin Munroe Bacon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Recollections as a source of history : a paper read by Edward L. Pierce before the Massachusetts Historical Society, March 12, 1896. (John Wilson and Son, 1896), by Edward Lillie Pierce and Massachusetts Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report to the legislature of Massachusetts (Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1885), by etc. Massachusetts. Commissioners on the condition of the records (page images at HathiTrust)
• Original documents relating to the life and administrations of William Burnet, Governor of New York and New Jersey, 1720-1728, and of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 1728-1729 / compiled by William Nelson. (Press Printing and Pub. Co., 1897), by William Nelson and New Jersey. Governor (1720-1728 : Burnet) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Massachusetts broadsides (The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1922), by Worthington Chauncey Ford (page images at HathiTrust)

• Historical letters on the first charter of Massachusetts government. (J. N. Bang, printer, 1839), by Abel Cushing (page images at HathiTrust)
• Massachusetts and her Royal charter granted March 4, 1628-29. (Massachusetts Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1924), by Julius Herbert Tuttle and Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. Massachusetts Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• A monograph on the charters and constitution of Massachusetts (T.P. Nichols & Son Co., 1932), by Ellen Mudge Burrill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Charters of the old English colonies in America : with an introduction and notes (John W. Parker, 1850), by Samuel Lucas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first charter and the early religious legislation of Massachusetts. (Press of J. Wilson and Son, 1869), by Joel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short view of the history of the New England colonies, with respect to their charters and constitution. (Printed for J. Wilkie, 1776), by Israel Mauduit and Massachusetts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Massachusetts royal commissions, 1681-1774. (The Society, 1913), by Great Britain. Sovereign (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roger Williams and the Massachusetts Charter : A paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society / by Charles Deane. (Press of John Wilson and son, 1873), by Charles Deane and Massachusetts Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Massachusetts royal commissions, 1681-1774 ([Colonial Society of Massachusetts], 1913), by England and Wales. Sovereign (page images at HathiTrust)
• At the court at Whitehall the 20th of July, 1683 (London : Printed by the assigns of John Bill, deceas'd and by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb ..., 1683), by England and Wales Privy Council and Charles 1630-1685 (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Charter (Boston in New-England : Printed by Bartholomew Green and John Allen ... for, and sold by, Michael Perry and Benjamin Eliot, 1699), by Massachusetts (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Some few remarks upon a scandalous book, against the government and ministry of New-England, written, by one Robert Calef. Detecting the unparrallel'd malice & falsehood, of the said book; and defending the names of several particular gentlemen, by him therein aspersed & abused. / Composed and published by several persons belonging to the flock of some of the injured pastors, and concerned for their just vindication. ; Truth will come off conqueror. (Boston, N.E. : Printed by T. Green, sold by Nicholas Boone., 1701), by Obadiah Gill, Cotton Mather, and Increase Mather (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Minutes of the New England Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Conference (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Massachusetts, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Massachusetts (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Meeting of the Convention, Diocese of Western Massachusetts, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Western Massachusetts (partial serial archives)
• Minutes of the Providence Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, Providence Conference (partial serial archives)

• Pioneers from Massachusetts to the West (The Salem Press Co., 1915), by Charles Allcott Flagg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Register of the Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1893-1917. (Printed for the Society, 1917), by Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America (page images at HathiTrust)
• Register of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames of America, 1893-1905. (Printed for the Society, 1905), by Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America (page images at HathiTrust)
• Members and ascendants of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames of America. (Printed for the Society, 1898), by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Massachusetts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. (C.H. Pope, 1900), by Charles Henry Pope (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pre-revolutionary Irish in Massachusetts, 1620-1775 (George Banta Pub. Co., 1932), by George Francis Donovan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vital records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Massachusetts society of Mayflower Descendants at the charge of the Cape Cod Town Record Fund, 1904), by Brewster (Mass.), George Ernest Bowman, and Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The history of the town of Amherst, Massachusetts. (Press of Carpenter , 1896), by Edward Wilton Carpenter and Charles Frederick Morehouse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Record of the town of Amherst from 1735 to 1788. (Press of J.E. Williams, 1884), by Amherst (Mass.) and J. Franklin Jameson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Barnstable town records. (C.W. Swift, 1910), by J. B. D. Cogswell, C. W. Swift, and Barnstable (Mass.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Barnstable town records. (C.W. Swift, 1912), by J. B. D. Cogswell, C. W. Swift, and Barnstable (Mass.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England (Press of W. White, 1855), by New Plymouth Colony, David Pulsifer, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, and Massachusetts General Court (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bulletin. (Boston., 1867), by Boston Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records relating to the early history of Boston. (Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, [etc.], 1876), by Boston (Mass.). Registry Department and Boston (Mass.). Record Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records of Boston selectmen (Rockwell and Churchill, City printers, 1884), by Boston (Mass.). Selectmen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records relating to the early history of Boston ... (Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1876), by Boston (Mass.). Registry Department, Walter Kendall Watkins, Edward Webster McGlenen, William S. Appleton, and William Henry Whitmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bulletin. (Boston., 1867), by Boston Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report of the registry department of the City of Boston for the year ... (The City, 1901), by Boston (Mass.). Registry Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• ["Gleaner" articles] (Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1884), by N. I. Bowditch and pseud Gleaner (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Gleaner" articles. (Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1887), by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch and pseud Gleanor (page images at HathiTrust)
• ["Gleaner" articles] (Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1880), by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Services at the fortieth anniversary of the installation of the Rev. Daniel Sharp, D.D. as pastor of the Charles Street Baptist Church and Society, Boston, April 29, 1852. (Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1852), by Daniel Sharp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boston town records, 1770 through 1777 (Rockwell and Churchill, 1887), by Boston (Mass.). Record Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
• A volume of records relating to the early history of Boston containing miscellaneous papers. (Municipal Printing Office, 1900), by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• A volume of records relating to the early history of Boston, containing Boston town records, 1784 to 1796. (Municipal Print. Office, 1903), by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records relating to the early history of Boston (Municipal Print. Office, 1905), by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• A volume of records relating to the early history of Boston, containing Boston town records, 1814 to 1822. (Municipal Printing Office, 1906), by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records relating to the early history of Boston ... (Rockwell and Churchill, city printers [etc.], 1876), by Boston. Registry Dept and Boston. Record Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report of the Record commissioners, 1876-1890. (Rockwell and Churchill, 1876), by Boston (Mass.). Registry Department and Boston (Mass.). Record Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
• The declaration of the gentlemen, merchants, and inhabitants of Boston, and the countrey adjacent, April 18th, 1689 ([Boston : Printed by Samuel Green, 1689]), by Cotton Mather (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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