Massachusetts: Sources

• American Archives. "American Archives: consisting of a collection of authentick records, state papers, debates, and letters and other notices of publick affairs, the whole forming a documentary history of the origin and progress of the North American colonies; of the causes and accomplishment of the American revolution; and of the Constitution of government for the United States, to the final ratification thereof", ed. by Peter Force (1837-1853) 9 series
• Annals of Congress. "The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States with an Appendix Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and all the Laws of a Public Nature, with Copious Index" (Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1834-1856) 42 volumes (web site)
• Journals of Each Provincial Congress. "The Journals of each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775, and of the Committee of Safety" (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1838) (web site)
• Journals of the Continental Congress. "Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789", ed. by Worthington C. Ford et al. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904-1937) 34 vols. (web site)
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves. "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" (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1869-1922) 21 vols. (web site)
• Massachusetts Constitutional Convention Journal. "Journal of the Convention for framing A Constitution of Government for the State of Massachusetts Bay, from the Commencement of Their First Session September 1, 1779, to the Close of Their Last Session, June 16, 1780. Including a List of the Members" (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1832) (web site)
• Massachusetts House Journal 1776. "A journal of the Honorable House of Representatives. At a Great and General Court or Assembly for the colony of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: begun and held at the Meeting-House in Watertown, in the county of Middlesex, on Wednesday the nineteenth day of July, Annoque Domini, 1775; and continued by several adjournments to Wednesday the thirteenth of March, 1776: and then met, being the fourth sitting of the said Court." (Watertown, 1776)
• Massachusetts House Journal 1777. "A journal of the Honorable House of Representatives, of the colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. Begun and held at the Meeting-House in Watertown, in the county of Middlesex, on Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of May, (being the last Wednesday in said month) Anno Domini, 1776." (Boston: Powars & Willis, 1777)
• Massachusetts House Journal 1778. "A journal of the Honorable House of Representatives. At a Great and General Court or Assembly for the State of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, begun and held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on Wednesday the Twenty-eighth Day of May, being the last Wednesday in said Month, Anno Domini, 1777, and thence continued by Adjournments to Wednesday the Seventh Day of January following, and then met at Boston aforesaid, being the fifth Sitting of said Assembly"
• Massachusetts House Journal 1784. "Journal of the Honorable House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Begun and held at Boston in the County of Suffolk, on Wednesday the Twenty-Sixth Day of May, Anno Domini, 1784" (Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1784)
• Massachusetts Royal Commissions. "Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts: Volume II: Collections: Massachusetts Royal Commissions, 1681-1774" (Boston, 1913) (web site)
• Massachusetts Session Laws. "Acts and laws, passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of {His Majesties} the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England" (Boston: various publishers, 1692-1774) || "Acts and laws, passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the colony of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England" (Watertown, Boston: various publishers, 1775-1778)
• Notes on the Massachusetts Royal Commissions. "Notes on the Massachusetts Royal Commissions 1681-1775", by Albert Matthews (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1913) (web site)