Massachusetts: Sources - Archontology

Massachusetts: Sources

  • American Archives. Force, Peter (ed.) 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 (1837-1853) 9 series
  • Andros Records. Toppan, Robert N. (ed.) "Andros Records," Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, New Series, vol. XIII, April, 1899 - April, 1900, pp. 231-268.
  • Andros Tracts. The Andros Tracts: being a collection of pamphlets and official papers issued during the period between the overthrow of the Andros government and the establishment of the second charter of Massachusetts. Boston: Published by the Prince Society, 1868-1874. 3 vols. online: vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3
  • Bentley Diary. The Diary of William Bentley, D.D., pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts. Gloucester, MA: P. Smith, 1962. 4 vols. online
  • Boston Gazette. The Boston Gazette (No. 1, 21 Dec 1719 - No. 1025, 19 Oct 1741) || The Boston Gazette, or, New England Weekly Journal (No. 942, 20 Oct 1741) || The Boston Gazette, or, Weekly Journal (No. 943, 27 Oct 1741 - No. 1709, 26 Dec 1752) || The Boston Gazette, or, Weekly Advertiser (No. 1, 3 Jan 1753 - No. 118, 1 Apr 1755) || The Boston Gazette, or (and the) Country Journal (No. 1, 7 Apr 1755 - No. 2048, 30 Dec 1793) || Boston Gazette, and Weekly Republican Journal (No. 2049, 6 Jan 1794 - No. 2293, 17 Sep 1798) online: 1775.06.26-1776.12.09
  • Dudley Records. Toppan, Robert N. (ed.) "Remarks by Robert N. Toppan, in communicating a copy of the Records of the Council of Massachusetts, under Joseph Dudley," Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Second Series, vol. XIII, 1899, 1900. Boston: Published by the Society, 1900, pp. 222-286.
  • Hull Diairies. The Diaries of John Hull, Mint-master and Treasurer of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay (Archaeologia Americana: Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume III). Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1857. online
  • Journals of the Continental Congress. Ford, Worthington C., et al. (ed.) Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904-1937. 34 vols. online
  • 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. online
  • Massachusetts Company Records. Records of the Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England From 1628 to 1641. As contained in the first volume of the archives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts (Archaeologia Americana: Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume III). Cambridge: Bolles and Houghton, 1850. online
  • Massachusetts Convention 1779-1780. 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. online
  • Massachusetts Documents 1689-1692. Moody, Robert Earle; Simmons, Richard Clive (eds.) The Glorious Revolution in Massachusetts: Selected Documents, 1689-1692. Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1988. online
  • Massachusetts Governor and Company Records. Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. (ed.) Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Boston: W. White, 1853-1854. 5 vols. in 6. online: vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4.1, vol. 4.2, vol. 5
  • Massachusetts House Journal. Journal of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts. Boston, 1715-. [title and place of publication vary in several volumes] online: 1715-1779, 1784-1785, 1808, 1780-2016
  • Massachusetts Judgment 1684. "Exemplification of the Judgment for Vacating the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay in New England," Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Fourth Series, vol. II, 1854, pp. 246-278.
  • Massachusetts Original Papers Collection. A Collection of Original Papers Relative to the History of the Colony of Massachusets-Bay. Boston: Thomas and John Fleet, 1769. online
  • Massachusetts Provincial Congress 1774-1775. The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775, and of the Committee of Safety. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1838. online
  • Massachusetts Royal Commissions. "Massachusetts Royal Commissions, 1681-1774," Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts: Volume II. Boston, 1913. online
  • 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. Matthews, Albert. Notes on the Massachusetts Royal Commissions 1681-1775. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1913. online
  • Winthrop Journal. Dunn, Richard S.; Yeandle, Laetitia (eds.) The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649. Abridged edition. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996. online
  • Winthrop Papers. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1929-1947. vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5
  • Winthrop's History. Savage, James (ed.) History of New England from 1630 to 1649, by John Winthrop, Esq., First Governor of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay; from his original manuscripts, with notes to illustrate the civil and ecclesiastical concerns, the geography, settlement and institutions of the country, and lives and manners of the principal planters. Boston, Phelps and Farnham, Thomas B. Wait and Son, 1825-1826. 2 vols. online: vol. 1, vol. 2