BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LOCAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS.*

[Compiled by JEREMIAH COLBURN.]

ABINGTON. History of, with Appendix. Aaron Hobart. pp. 176. Boston, 1839.

One hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation

of, June 10th, 1862, with Appendix. E. Porter Dyer. pp. 114. Boston, 1862.

See" Massachusetts Historical Collections," Vol. 7, Second Series.

Boston,

1818.

See" American Quarterly Register," Vol. 8. Boston, 1836.

ACTON. Centennial Address, July 21, 1835. Josiah Adams. pp. 48.

Boston, 1835.

See "History of Concord." Lemuel Shattuck.

1835.

Churches of, "Amer. Quar. Register," Vol. 11.

1839.

Account of Concord Fight, April 19, 1775. pp. 24.
Adams.

1850.

Concord,

Boston,

Josiah

Oration by George S. Boutwell, and a Poem by John Pierpont, on completion of a Monument to Capt. Davis and others, soldiers of the Revolution. Oct. 29, 1851. pp. 64. Boston, 1852.

ADAMS. See "History of Berkshire," article by J. W. Yeomans. 1839.

ALFORD. See "History of Berkshire," article by N. Lester. Pittsfield, 1829.

AMHERST. See "History of Hadley." L. M. Boltwood. Northamp

AMESBURY.

ton, 1863.

See American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10. Boston, 1838.

See "History of Western Massachusetts," by J. G. Hol-
land. Springfield, 1855.

Valedictory Address, Amherst College, on leaving the
Presidency. April 15, 1845. Heman Humphrey. pp.

23. Amherst, 1845.

See Essex Memorial." J. R. Newhall. Salem, 1836. See "Hoyt Family," for List of the First Settlers. Boston, 1857.

ANDOVER. History of, from its Settlement in 1634 to 1829, by Abiel

Semi-Centennial Theological Seminary. pp. 224. Andover,

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Any person noticing omissions, will please communicate them to the compiler.
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ANDOVER. North Andover.

zen. pp. 39. West Parish.

ASHBURNHAM.

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Dec. 30, 1827.
1828.

Letter to the Inhabitants of. N. W. Ha-
Boston, 1856.

Sermon on the last Sabbath of the year.
Samuel C. Jackson. pp. 30. Andover,

See "History of Worcester County," by Peter Whit-
ney. Worcester, 1793.

Half Century Discourse. Nov. 3, 1818. John Cushing. pp. 24. Worcester, 1819.

See American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10. Boston, 1838.

ASHBY. Churches of, "American Quarterly Register," Vol. 11. Bos

ton, 1839.

ASHFIELD. See "American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10. Boston,

1838.

Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church in, Dec. 3,
1851. T. Packard, Jr. pp. 31. Boston, 1851.
Ministry of Fourteen years. Discourse, June 16, 1859, on
the 40th Anniversary of his ordination, by Thomas Shep-
ard. pp. 24. Providence, 1859.

Sermon at Installation of W. H. Gilbert, by George Rich
ards, Dec. 3, 1851, with Historical Sketch of the Church.
Theophilus Packard, Jr. pp. 31. Boston, 1851.
See "History of Worcester County." Peter Whitney.
Worcester, 1793.

Boston, 1838.

See "American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10.
Centennial Address, Sept. 9, 1850, and Appendix. S. F.
Clarke. Boston, 1851.

Historical Address, July 4, 1859. J. F. Norton. Athol, 1859.
See Massachusetts Historical Collections." H.
Weld. 1750. Vol. 1, 2d Series. Boston, 1814.

ATTLEBOROUGH.

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BARNSTABLE.

See " History of Rehoboth." Leonard Bliss, Jr.

Boston, 1836.

History of. John Daggett. pp. 136. Dedham, 1834.
Historical Discourses, Dec. 7, 1848, Second Congre-
gational Church. Jonathan Crane. pp. 44. Boston,
1849.

BARRE. Historical Discourse. James Thompson. pp. 91. 1854.
See "History of Worcester Co." Peter Whitney. 1793.
See" American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10. Boston, 1838.
Indian Localities. Nathaniel Freeman. "Massachu-
setts Historical Collections," Vol. 1. Boston, 1792.
"Mass. Hist. Coll." John Mellen. Vol. 3. 1794.
County. James Freeman, and "Mass. Hist. Coll."
Vol. 8. Boston, 1802.

County. "Mass. Hist. Coll."

"Mass. Hist. Coll." Wendell Davis. Vol.

8. 1802.

County. Churches of.

"American Quarterly Regis

ter," Vol. 15. Boston, 1842.

Centennial Address, Sept. 3, 1839. John G. Palfrey. pp. 71. Second edition. Boston, 1840.

Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration, Sept. 3, 1839. pp. 92. Barnstable, 1840.

BARNSTABLE. Historical Sketch of Congregational Churches of. pp. 44. Boston, 1846.

See "History of Cape Cod." F. Freeman. Boston, 1862.

BECKET. See "History of Berkshire County," article by Joseph Mills. Pittsfield, 1852.

BEDFORD. See "History of Concord." L. Shattuck. Boston, 1835 Churches of. "American Quarterly Register," Vol. 11. Boston, 1839.

BELCHERTOWN. "History of the Congregational Church and of the Town." Mark Doolittle. pp. 282. Northampton, 1852.

See "History of Western Massachusetts." Springfield, 1855.

Report on Election in. D. Everett. pp. 48. Boston,

1811.

See American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10. Boston, 1838.

See "Historical and Genealogical Register." Mark Doolittle. Vols. 2 & 6. Boston, 1848 and 1852. BELLINGHAM. Centennial Discourse. Abial Fisher, Jr. pp. 28. Worcester, 1822.

"American Quarterly Register," Vol. 8. Boston, 1836. BERKSHIRE County. History of. Chester Dewey and others, containing an account of twenty-six towns. pp. 468. Pittsfield, 1829.

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BERKLEY.

County, and Town of Pittsfield. Thomas Allen. pp. 14.
Boston, 1808.

County, Celebration at Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 22-23, 1844.
Albany, N. Y., 1845.

County. See "History of Western Mass." Springfield,
1855.

See"Ministry of Taunton." S. H. Emery. Boston, 1853.
See "History of New Plymouth." Francis Baylies. 1830.
New Edition edited by Samuel G. Drake. Wiggin &
Lunt. Boston, 1866.

BERLIN. See Whitney's "History of Worcester County," 1793.
See "American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10. Boston, 1838.
BERNARDSTON. See "American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10. Bos-
ton, 1838.

"Mass. Hist. Collections."
Rantoul. Boston, 1801.
History of, from 1630-1842.
Boston, 1843.

Vol. 7, 3d Series. R.

Edwin M. Stone. pp. 324.

History of Second Parish in. E. M. Stone. pp. 35. Men-
don, 1835.

See "Hist. and Gen'l Register," Vol. 2. J. B. Felt.
Boston, 1848.

See "Essex Memorial." Salem, 1836.

History of, from its First Settlement to 1816.
Farmer. pp. 36. Amherst, N. H., 1816.

John

Half Century Discourse, Feb. 21, 1813. Henry Cummings. pp. 31. Cambridge, 1813.

BILLERICA.

BLANDFORD.

See "Farmer and Moore's Collections," Vol. 2. Con-
cord, N. H., 1833.

Churches of." American Quarterly Register," Vol. 2.
Boston, 1839.

Celebration of the Second Centennial Anniversary, with
an Historical Appendix, May 29, 1855. pp. 152. Low-
ell, 1855.

See "American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10. Boston, 1838.

See "History of Western Massachusetts." Springfield, 1855.

BOLTON. Church Troubles in. pp. 78. 1773.

See" American Quarterly Register," Vol. 10. Boston, 1838.
See Whitney's "History of Worcester County." Worces-
ter, 1793.

"Book of Possessions, 1634." See "History and Antiqui-
ties of Boston." Samuel G. Drake. Boston, 1855.
"The Bostonian Ebenezer." Some Remarks on the State of
Boston. Cotton Mather. pp. 82. Boston, 1698.

Names of Streets, Lanes and Alleys within the Town of
Boston. 1708.

"Vade Mecum for America," containing a list of the Streets,
Lanes, and Alleys in the Town of Boston. pp. 220. 1732
Centennial Discourse, First Church, Aug. 23. Thomas Fox-
croft. pp. 46. Boston, 1730.

Boston Massacre, 5th of March, 1770, Narrative of. pp. 48,
88. Boston, 1770.

Boston Massacre. Reprint. pp. 122. New York, 1849.
Names of Streets and Ancient Localities in. See Appendix,
Drake's History of Boston.

"Trial of the British Soldiers for Murder on the Fifth of
March, 1770.” pp. 217. Boston, 1770.

Ibid., Second Edition, Reprint. pp. 120. Boston, 1807.
Ibid., Third

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pp. 146. Historical Discourse-Flight of the British Troops, March 4, 1776. Elijah Fitch. pp. 30. Boston, 1776.

Orations in Commemoration of the Boston Massacre. pp.
200. Boston, 1785.

Tea Controversy. "American Historical Magazine," Vol. 1.
Boston.

History of. Thomas Pemberton.

3.

Boston, 1794.

"Mass. Hist. Coll.", Vol.

Burials and Baptisms-1701-1774. "Mass. Hist. Coll.",
Vol. 4. Boston, 1795.

Fire in, Oct. 2, 3, 1711. Cotton Mather. pp. 33. Boston,

1711.

Ibid., "Mass. Hist. Coll.", Vol. 5. Boston, 1798.
Proceedings of the Convention at Concord and the Town of
Boston, regulating the prices of Merchandize, Provisions,
&c. pp. 8. Boston, 1779.

In 1784. Samuel Mather. "Mass. Hist. Coll." Vol. 1.
Boston, 1792.

Centennial Discourse, Brattle Street Church, Dec. 29, 1799.
Peter Thacher. pp 18. Boston, 1800.

BOSTON. Centennial Discourse. John Lathrop. pp. 40. Boston,

1801.

Historical Discourse, May 2, 1804. On the completion of
their House of Worship. John Eliot. pp. 31. Boston,
1804.

Facts and Documents relating to the Project of a Bridge
from South Street to Dorchester Neck. pp. 63. Boston,
1805.
"Considerations on the Public Expediency of a Bridge from
one part of Boston to another.'
pp. 33. Boston, 1806.
Answer to the above pamphlet. pp. 31, 8. Boston, 1806.
History of the First Church. William Emerson. pp. 256.
Boston, 1812.

Centennial Discourse, New North Church. Francis Parkman. pp. 25. Boston, 1814.

pp. 311.

History of. Charles Shaw.
Boston, 1817.
The Life and Errors of John Dunton, containing an account
of Boston in 1685. 2 vols. pp. 445-363. London, 1818.
History of First Baptist Church, 1665 to 1818. J. M. Win-
chell. pp. 48. Boston, 1819.

Historical Discourse and Notes, West Church, Dec. 31, 1820.
Charles Lowell. pp. 44. Boston, 1820.

"History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company."
Zachariah G. Whitman. pp. 199. Boston, 1820.

Number of Buildings in. July, 1789. "Mass. Hist. Coll.",
Vol. 9, Second Series. Boston, 1820.

Centennial Discourse, May 20, 1821. "The Old North, and
the New Brick Church." Henry Ware. pp. 60. Bos-
ton, 1821.

Survey of Boston." J. G. Hales. pp. 156. Boston, 1821.
History of the New North Church. Ephraim Eliot. pp. 51.
Boston, 1822.

Representatives before the Revolution. "Mass. Hist. Coll.",
Vol. 10, Second Series. 1823.
Historical Account of Christ Church, Dec. 28, 1823. Asa
Eaton. pp. 39. Boston, 1824.

History of the Federal Street Church, from its establishment
in 1727, by Rev. John Moorhead. John Davis. pp. 15.
Boston, 1824.

History of the Second Baptist Church. Thomas Baldwin. pp. 32. Boston, 1824.

Appeal in favor of a new Bridge to South Boston. pp. 22. 1825.

Answer to the above. pp. 20. No date.

Historical Discourse, July 18, 1824. John G. Palfrey. pp. 81. Boston, 1825.

The Great Tree on Boston Common, with a Map of Boston,
1722. John C. Warren. pp. 20. Boston, 1825.

History of. Caleb H. Snow. pp. 404. Boston, 1825.
Second Edition. pp. 427. 1828.

In 1780-82. 'Memoirs of Count Segur." Boston, 1825.
Reasons against a new Bridge to Charlestown. pp. 35
Boston, 1825.

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