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• An Historical sketch of the First Church in Roxbury. (Standing Committee], 1896), by Boston First Church in Roxbury (Roxbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• The semi-centennial memorial of the Universalist church, Roxbury, Mass. (Universalist Pub. House, 1871), by Boston Universalist Church (Roxbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roxbury magazine (The Alliance, 1899), by All Souls Unitarian Church of Roxbury. Branch Alliance (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Change: a poem pronounced at Roxbury (C. P. Emmons, 1830), by Thomas Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rev. Amos Adams, A.M. (1728-1775) patriot minister of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and his American ancestry ([S. Ward Co., Printers], 1912), by Robert Means Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Paul Revere's signal lanterns, April 18, 1775, in the steeple of the North Church: with an account of the tablet on Christ Church and the monuments at Highland Park and Dorchester Heights. (Author's private printing office, 1878), by William W. Wheildon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Views, with ground plans of the Highland cottages at Roxbury (near Boston) (Printed by L. H. Bridgham and H. E. Felch, 1845), by Wm. Bailey Lang (page images at HathiTrust)
• Social conditions and needs in the Roxbury-North Dorchester area GNRP. (Action for Boston Community Development, Inc., 1961), by Whitney M. Young and Inc Action for Community Development (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)

• City documents. ([n.p.], between 1000 and 1999), by Mass.) Roxbury (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)

• A history of the Grammar school. (J. Backup, 1860), by Charles K. Dillaway (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the Grammar school, or, "The free schoole of 1645 in Roxburie." With biographical sketches of the ministers of the First church, and other trustees. (J. Backup, 1860), by Charles K. Dillaway (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the First church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 (W. A. Butterfield, 1908), by Walter Eliot Thwing (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches historical and biographical of the Eliot Church and Society, Boston (Pilgrim Press, 1900), by A. C. Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the committee in favor of the union of Boston and Roxbury. (Eastburn's Press, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Roxbury magazine (The Alliance, 1899), by All Souls Unitarian Church of Roxbury. Branch Alliance (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Roxbury directory ... (J. Backup [etc.], 1849), by George Adams, Davenport & Co Sampson, and Sampson & Co Adams (page images at HathiTrust)

• Forest Hills Cemetery : its establishment, progress, scenery, monuments, etc. / [W. A. Crafts] (J. Backup, 1855), by William A. Crafts (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lives of Isaac Heath, and John Bowles, elders of the church, and principal founders of the grammar school in Roxbury: ([Roxbury], 1850), by John Wingate Thornton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vital records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Essex Institute, 1925), by Essex Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the proprietors of Forest Hills Cemetery, 1900. (Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Roxbury centennial : an account of the celebration in Roxbury, November 22, 1876 ; with the oration of Gen. Horace Binney Sargent, speeches at the dinner and other matters. (Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1877), by Mass.) Roxbury (Boston and Horace Binney Sargent (page images at HathiTrust)
• The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages. (Municipal Printing Office, 1905), by Francis S. Drake and Boston (Mass). Registry Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Roxbury town (Samuel G. Drake, 1847), by Charles M. Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages. (Roxbury, 1878), by Francis S. Drake (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of Isaac Heath, and John Bowles, elders of the church, and principal founders of the grammar school in Roxbury: ([Roxbury], 1850), by John Wingate Thornton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rosbury centennial. An account of the celebration in Roxbury, November 22, 1876. (Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1877), by Mass Roxbury and Horace Binney Sargent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Argument on the question of the annexation of Roxbury to Boston (Wright & Potter, 1867), by John H Cliffor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glimpses of early Roxbury (Printed at the Merrymount press, 1905), by Roxbury General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution. Massachusetts. Mary Warren Chapter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Argument in opposition to the project of annexing Boston and Roxbury. ([Boston?, 1867), by Nathaniel Foster Safford (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address delivered on the VIII of October, MDCCCXXX, the second centennial anniversary (C. P. Emmons, 1830), by H. A. S. Dearborn and Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roxbury magazine (The Alliance, 1899), by All Souls Unitarian Church of Roxbury. Branch Alliance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annexation (T. Prince, city printer, 1852), by Mass.). Joint Special Committee to Oppose the Petition of Isaac T. Allard and Others for the Annexation of Roxbury to Boston Roxbury (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The case of the Roxbury flats with a note on the early government and legislation of the Massachusetts Colony and the title in the sea shore of Massachusetts. (Cambridge : Riverside Press, [1858?], 1858), by Horace Gray (page images at HathiTrust)

• Progress: a local poem ([Boston, 1861), by Joseph Willet Robbins (page images at HathiTrust)

• Oration Delivered Before the City Government and Citizens of Boston, by Richard Frothingham (page images at MOA)
• Oration delivered before the city government and citizens of Boston in Music hall, July 4th, 1874. (Rockwell & Churchill, printers, 1874), by Richard Frothingham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oration delivered before the city government and citizens of Boston, in Music hall, July 4, 1874 (Rockwell & Churchill, printers, 1874), by Richard Frothingham (page images at HathiTrust)

• A report of the Record Commissioners, containing the Roxbury land and church records. (Rockwell and Churchill, 1884), by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (page images at HathiTrust)

• City documents. ([n.p.], between 1000 and 1999), by Mass.) Roxbury (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)

• A catalogue of the city councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822, also of various other towns and municipal officers. (City of Boston printing department, 1909), by Boston (Mass.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1890 : Roxbury, 1846-1867; Charlestown, 1847-1873; and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822; also of various other town and municipal officers. (City Council, 1891), by Boston City Council and Boston (Mass.). Record Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
• City document. (L.B. & O.E. Weston, Printers, 1862), by Mass.) Roxbury (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The municipal register, containing the city charter, laws and ordinances, and rules of order of the city council, and a list of the officers of the city of Roxbury. (Roxbury, in the 19th century), by Mass.) Roxbury (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)

• Vital records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Essex Institute, 1925), by Essex Institute (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Loyolas and the Cabots, by Catherine Goddard Clarke (HTML with commentary at catholicism.org)
• The commemoration by King's chapel, Boston, of the completion of two hundred years since its foundation, on Wednesday, December 15, 1886. Also three historical sermons (Little, Brown, and company, 1887), by Mass.) King's Chapel (Boston and Henry Wilder Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oration delivered in the Old South Meeting-house (Sold at the Old South, 1884), by Wendell Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• One hundred years of Mount Vernon Church, 1842-1942 (Mount Vernon Church, 1942), by Pauline Holmes (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the First Baptist Church of Boston (1665-1899) (American Baptist Publication Society, 1899), by Nathan E. Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Baptist situation of Boston proper : a survey of historical and present conditions (Griffith-Stillings, 1912), by Arthur Warren Smith and Mass.) General Conference of Baptist Churches of Greater Boston (1912 : Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Historical sketch of the First Church in Roxbury. (Standing Committee], 1896), by Boston First Church in Roxbury (Roxbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical account of Christ church, Boston. A discourse in said church, on Sunday, December 28, 1823. (Printed by J.W. Ingraham, 1824), by Asa Eaton and Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A visit to the "Old North Church," Boston, Mass. (s.n.], 1893), by Charles Downer (page images at HathiTrust)
• A farewell discourse : preached in the First Church, Charlestown, Mass., September 17, 1854 (Printed by Isaac Ashmead, 1854), by William Ives Budington (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Old South Church (Third Church) Boston : 1669-1884 (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1890), by Hamilton Andrews Hill and Appleton P. C. Griffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preached in the meeting-house of the First Church, Dorchester, on Sunday, June 19, 1870 : being the two hundred and fortieth anniversary of the first assembling of the Church for divine service after its landing in America (Ebenezer Clapp, 1870), by Nathaniel Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Old South Church of Boston. (Printed by Reuben Hildreth, 1876), by Elizabeth Putnam Sohier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our Puritan fathers, our glory : a sermon preached in commemoration of the 220th anniversary of the founding of the First Church in Charlestown, Mass., Sunday, November 14, 1852 (McKim & Cutter, 1852), by William Ives Budington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rev. Mr. Palfrey's sermon. (Printed for Oliver C. Greenleaf by Phelps and Farnham, 1825), by John Gorham Palfrey and Mass.) Church in Brattle Square (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Two discourses containing the history of the Old North and New Brick Churches, united as the Second Church in Boston : delivered May 20, 1821, at the completion of a century from the dedication of the present meeting-house in Middle Street (Published by James W. Burditt ..., 1821), by Henry Ware (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dr. Harris's centennial discourses. (From the Office of the Daily Advertiser, 1830), by Thaddeus Mason Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of a meeting of friends of Rev. John Pierpont : and his reply to the charges of the committee, of Hollis Street Society. (Printed by S.N. Dickinson, 1839), by John Pierpont and Samuel N. Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bowdoin Square church book : comprising a brief history of the formation and organizations of the church : a list of its members : its articles of faith, covenant, etc. (Samuel N. Dickinson, 1843), by R. W. Cushman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Documents of the Hollis Street Society, 1838. (Hollis Street Church?, 1838), by Mass.) Hollis Street Church (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The articles of faith and covenant of the Bowdoin Street Church, Boston : with a list of the members. (Perkins & Marvin, 1837), by Mass.) Bowdoin Street Church (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The semi-centennial memorial of the Universalist church, Roxbury, Mass. (Universalist Pub. House, 1871), by Boston Universalist Church (Roxbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial volume by the Essex street church and society, Boston, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the installation of their pastor, Nehemiah Adams, D.D. (Printed for the use of the members, 1860), by Mass.) Union Congregational Church (Boston and Nehemiah Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the High Street Baptist Church in Charlestown, Ms., with the names of members. (J. Howe, 1853), by Mass.). High Street Baptist Church Charlestown (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the state of unitarianism in Boston in 1812. (Pierce and Williams,], 1829), by Francis Parkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bowdoin Street Church. (Press of T.R. Marvin, 1856), by Mass.) Bowdoin Street Church (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse delivered in Harvard Church, Charlestown : on Sunday, March 12, 1865, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination (Abram E. Cutter, 1865), by George Edward Ellis and Boston Harvard Church (Charlestown (page images at HathiTrust)
• An historical discourse preached to the South Evangelical Church, West Roxbury, June 10, 1860 (Printed by S.O. Thayer, 1861), by Thomas Laurie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Confession of faith and covenant ; also, A brief history of Union Church, Essex Street, Boston (Well-Spring Press, Wright & Hasty, printers, 1852), by Mass.) Union Congregational Church (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The articles of faith and covenant of the Maverick Church, East Boston : with a list of the members, 1862. (Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1862), by Mass.) Maverick Church (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bowdoin Square church book : comprising a brief history of the formation and organizations of the church : its articles of faith, covenant, etc. (Printed by Samuel N. Dickinson, 1843), by R. W. Cushman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Pierpont's remonstrance against the action of the ex-parte council, with his offer of a mutual council; the committee's reply to that offer, and his answer to the offer of the committee, February 15-17th, 1841. (Printed by S.N. Dickinson, 1841), by Mass.) Hollis Street Church (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The confession of faith and covenant of the Mount Vernon Congregational Church in Boston, Mass. ; organized June 1, 1842. (T.R. Marvin, 1852), by Mass.) Mt. Vernon Congregational Church (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Seeking wisdom from the past. (Printed by Samuel N. Dickinson, 1839), by Francis Parkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A historical account of Christ Church, Boston : an address, delivered on the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the church, December 29th, 1873 (A. Williams & Co., 1874), by Henry Burroughs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opinion of Hon. B.R. Curtis (Rand, Avery, 1874), by Benjamin R. Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christ Church bells. ([s.n.], 1904), by Arthur Howard Nichols (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical discourse, Village Church, Dorchester, March 9th and 11th, 1879, 1829-1879. (Beacon Press, 1879), by Philander Thurston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The commemorative services of the First Baptist Church of Boston, Massachusetts, on the occasion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversay of its foundation, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, June 5, 6 and 7, 1915. (The Church, 1915), by First Baptist Church of Boston and Edwin Perry Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sermon and addresses commemorative of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination of Rev. James H. Means as pastor of the Second Church, Dorchester : July 13th and 14th, 1873. (Congregational Pub. Society, 1873), by James H. Means and Boston Second Church (Dorchester (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorials of the history for half a century of the South Congregational Church, Boston. Collected for its Jubilee Celebration, February 3, 1878. (Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., 1878), by Mass.) South Congregational Church (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the South Baptist Church of Boston with notes relating to the Fourth Street Baptist Church ([s.n.], 1899), by South Baptist Church of Boston (Mass.) and Francis E. Blake (page images at HathiTrust)
• An historical account of the various meeting-houses of the Society of Friends in Boston : being the report of a committee of the representative meeting (Addison C. Getchell, 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Favorite recipes (Grove Hall Universalist Church ;, 1913), by Grove Hall Universalist Church. Quota Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Brief historical review of the Archdiocese of Boston, 1907-1923. (Pilot Publishing Company, 1925) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse preached on the occasion of leaving the old meeting house at Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mass. : March 20, 1853 (Press of Joseph G. Torrey, 1853), by Grindall Reynolds (page images at HathiTrust)
• Holy Trinity Parish, Boston, Mass., 1844-1944 (Holy Trinity Rectory, 1944), by Franz X. Weiser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Brief sketch of the history of King's Chapel. ([Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1898], 1898), by Mass.) King's Chapel (Boston and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial sermon preached in the Baldwin-Place Meeting House on the last Sabbath of its occupancy by the Second Baptist Church. (Boston : Graves & Young, 1865., 1865), by Daniel C. Eddy and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)

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