Volume 1
Agriculture, 1644-1774
Records pertaining to livestock, protection of common lands, and the destruction
of wolves and other wild animals.
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 2
Colonial, 1638-1720
Records detailing the interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government
and other British territories:
Rhode Island, 1638-1717
Connecticut, 1644-1718
United Colonies, 1645-1675
New York, 1644-1720
Pennsylvania, 1681
Virginia, 1676
East Jersey, 1692
Nova Scotia and Canada, 1643-1719
West Indies, 1671-1712
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 3
Colonial, 1629-1720
Records detailing the interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government
and other British territories:
Massachusetts, 1642-1720
Maine, 1645-1718
Plymouth, 1641-1673
New Hampshire, 1633-1678
Finding aids: database, card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 4
Colonial, 1721-1768; 1771-1773
Records detailing the interactions between the Province of Massachusetts
Bay and other British territories:
Connecticut, 1722-1764
New York, 1721-1773
New Jersey, 1749
Pennsylvania, 1755-1756
Maryland, 1750-1754
Virginia, 1746-1768
South Carolina, 1768, undated
New Providence, 1743
Havana, 1749
Puerto Rico, 1754
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 5
Colonial, 1728-1774
Records detailing the interactions between the Province of Massachusetts
Bay and other British territories:
New Hampshire, 1722-1774
Nova Scotia, 1728-1762
Newfoundland, 1766
Canada, 1746/7-1753
1763 Proclamation
Finding aids: database, card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 6
Colonial, 1724-1775
Records detailing the interactions between the Province of Massachusetts
Bay and other British territories:
New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Canada, 1723-1775
Maine, 1730-1740; 1751-1764
Rhode Island, 1733-1756
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 7
Commercial, 1685-1714
Records concerned with the regulation of commercial shipping and fishing
in Massachusetts Bay
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 8
Depositions, 1662-1766
Depositions of individuals on a wide range of subjects, many concerning
commercial transactions, and land rights and ownership
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 9
Domestic Relations, 1643-1774
Divorce and abandonment records; materials concerning slaves, apprentices
and family relations
Finding aids: database, card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 10
Ecclesiastical, 1637-1679
Records of the colonial government relating to religious affairs, including
orders for fast days or thanksgiving, the establishment of new parishes
and churches, and the location of meeting houses
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 11
Ecclesiastical, 1679-1739
Records of the colonial/provincial government relating to religious affairs,
including orders for fast days or thanksgiving, the establishment of new
parishes and churches, the location of meeting houses, and requests for
relief from ministerial taxes
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 12
Ecclesiastical, 1739-1749
Records of the provincial government relating to religious affairs, including
orders for fast days or thanksgiving, the establishment of new parishes
and churches, the location of meeting houses, and requests for relief
from ministerial taxes
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 13
Ecclesiastical, 1749-1756
Records of the provincial government relating to religious affairs, including
orders for fast days or thanksgiving, the establishment of new parishes
and churches, the location of meeting houses, and requests for relief
from ministerial taxes
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 14
Ecclesiastical, 1757-1774
Records of the provincial government relating to religious affairs, including
orders for fast days or thanksgiving, the establishment of new parishes
and churches, the location of meeting houses, and requests for relief
from ministerial taxes
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 15A
Emigrants, 1651-1774
Records relating to non-English settlers of the Massachusetts Bay area
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 15B
Estates, 1636-1671
Property settlements and other probate matters
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 16
Estates, 1671-1697
Property settlements and other probate matters
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 17
Estates, 1697-1742
Property settlements and other probate matters
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 18
Estates, 1742-1753
Property settlements and other probate matters
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 19A
Estates, 1753-1774
Property settlements and other probate matters
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 19B
Estates, 1753-1774
Property settlements and other probate matters
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 20
Foreign Relations, 1658-1751
Interactions between the government of Massachusetts Bay, their agents,
and the British government in London
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 21
Foreign Relations, 1751-1758
Interactions between the government of Massachusetts Bay, their agents
and the British government in London
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 22
Foreign Relations, 1758-1775
Interactions between the government of Massachusetts Bay, their agents,
and the British government in London
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 23
French Neutrals, 1755-1758
Records relating to French Acadians interned in Massachusetts towns after
1755
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 24
French Neutrals, 1758-1769
Records relating to French Acadians interned in Massachusetts towns after
1755
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 25
Hutchinson's Correspondence, 1741-1773
Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, governor and loyalist statesman
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 26
Hutchinson's Correspondence, 1761-1770
Letterbook copies of correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, governor and
loyalist statesman
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 27
Hutchinson's Correspondence, 1770-1774
Letterbook copies of correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, governor and
loyalist statesman
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 28
Hutchinson's History (ms) 1691-1750
Original manuscript of the second volume of Thomas Hutchinson's History
of Massachusetts-Bay in New England
Finding aids: card catalogue
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 29
Indian Conferences, 1713-1776
Conference proceedings between native Americans and the Massachusetts
Bay government
Finding aids: database, card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 30
Indian, 1603-1705
Records detailing the interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government
and native peoples in New England and New York
Finding aids: database, card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 31
Indian, 1705-1750
Records detailing the interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government
and native peoples in New England and New York
Finding aids: database, card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 32
Indian, 1750-1757
Records detailing the interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government
and native peoples in New England and New York
Finding aids: database, card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 33
Indian, 1757-1775
Records detailing the interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government
and native peoples in New England and New York
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator
Volume 34
Indian Treaties, 1645-1776
Treaties signed between the Massachusetts government and native people
in New England and New York
Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)
Volume 35
Inter-charter, 1689-1690
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government between September 18, 1689,
and April 9, 1690, following the overthrow of Governor Andros' Dominion
of New England
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 36
Inter-charter, 1690-1691
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government between April 10, 1690, and
April 15, 1691, following the overthrow of Governor Andros' Dominion of
New England, and prior to the arrival of the 1692 William and Mary charter
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 37
Inter-charter, 1691-1692
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government between April 16, 1691, and
May 9, 1692, prior to the arrival of the 1692 William and Mary charter
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 38A
Journals, 1695-1767
Various narrative journals, mostly relating to military scouting expeditions
and encounters with native Americans
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 38B
Judicial, 1640-1658
Records pertaining to the colonial judiciary in Massachusetts Bay and
court cases heard before the General Court and the Court of Assistants
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 39
Judicial, 1658-1683
Records pertaining to the colonial judiciary in Massachusetts Bay and
court cases heard before the General Court and the Court of Assistants
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 40
Judicial, 1683-1724 (1660-1724)
Records relating to the provincial judiciary in Massachusetts Bay, including
the courts established under the Dominion of New England and court cases
appealed from inferior courts
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents (partial), name index
Volume 41
Judicial, 1725-1742
Records relating to the provincial judiciary in Massachusetts Bay and
court cases heard on appeal by the Superior Court of Judicature
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 42
Judicial, 1742-1749
Records relating to the provincial judiciary in Massachusetts Bay and
court cases heard on appeal by the Superior Court of Judicature
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 43
Judicial, 1749-1754
Records relating to the provincial judiciary in Massachusetts Bay and
court cases heard on appeal by the Superior Court of Judicature
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 44
Judicial, 1754-1774
Records relating to the provincial judiciary in Massachusetts Bay and
court cases heard on appeal by the Superior Court of Judicature
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 45
Lands, 1622-1726
General Court records concerned with land grants and titles to lands in
Massachusetts (1639-1726), Maine (1622-1683), and Connecticut (1657-1675)
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 46
Lands, 1726-1739
General Court records concerned with land grants and titles to land, including
manuscript plans of the lands in question
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 47
Laws, 1645-1774
General Court records regarding the passage of laws on a variety of subjects,
many concerned with criminal activities
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 48
Legislature, 1643-1732
General Court records concerning procedures and structure of the legislature;
includes abstract of House Journal (July 24 - Dec. 4, 1728)
Finding aids: card catalogue (partial), table of contents, name index
Volume 49
Legislature, 1733-1756
General Court records concerning procedures and structure of the legislature
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 50
Legislature, 1756-1775
General Court records concerning procedures and structure of the legislature
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 51
Letters, 1692-1724
Correspondence to and from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 52
Letters, 1724-1738
Correspondence to and from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 53
Letters, 1738-1750
Correspondence to and from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary,
and General Court
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 54
Letters, 1750-1755
Correspondence to and from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary,
and General Court
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 55
Letters, 1755-1756
Correspondence to and from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary,
and General Court
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 56
Letters, 1756-1774
Correspondence to and from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary,
and General Court
Finding aids: table of contents, name index
Volume 57
Letter Books, 1638-1779
Letter books with copies of correspondence of private individuals, the
House of Representatives (1775-1776), and members of the Board of War
regarding the Penobscot Expedition (1779)
Finding aids: table of contents, name index
Volume 58
Literacy, 1645-1774
Records of the General Court relating to Harvard College, schools and
schoolmasters, printers, and censorship of the press
Finding aids: table of contents, name index
Volume 59
Manufactures, 1639-1773
General Court records concerning the support and encouragement of manufacturing
interests
Finding aids: table of contents, name index
Volume 60
Maritime, 1641-1671
Records of the General Court and Court of Assistants relating to maritime
activities, including customs officials, seizures of vessels, the slave
trade, piracy, and the mast trade
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 61
Maritime, 1671-1694
Records of the General Court, Court of Assistants, and Admiralty Court
relating to maritime activities, including customs officials, seizures
of vessels, the slave trade, piracy, and the mast trade
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents, name index
Volume 62
Maritime, 1694-1706
General Court records relating to maritime activities, including customs
officials, seizures of vessels, the slave trade, piracy, and the mast
trade
Finding aids: table of contents, name index
Volume 63
Maritime, 1706-1740
General Court records relating to maritime activities, including customs
officials, seizures of vessels, the slave trade, piracy, and the mast
trade
Finding aids: table of contents, name index
Volume 64
Maritime, 1740-1753
General Court records relating to maritime activities, including customs
officials, seizures of vessels, the slave trade, piracy, and the mast
trade
Finding aids: table of contents
Volume 65
Maritime, 1753-1759
General Court records relating to maritime activities, including customs
officials, seizures of vessels, the slave trade, piracy, and the mast
trade
Finding aids: table of contents
Volume 66
Maritime, 1759-1775
General Court records relating to maritime activities, including customs
officials, seizures of vessels, the slave trade, piracy, and the mast
trade
Finding aids: table of contents
Volume 67
Military, 1643-1675
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns,
including military companies and training bands, fortifications and frontier
garrisons, and expeditions against the Dutch, and various tribes of native
Americans
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 68
Military, 1675-1676
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns,
primarily King Philip's War
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 69
Military, 1676-1680
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns,
primarily King Philip's War and its aftermath, and the continuing fighting
in Maine
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 70
Military, 1680-1703
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns
such as military companies and training bands, frontier garrisons and
fortifications (especially the Castle) and King William's War (1689-1697)
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 71
Military, 1704-1711
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns
stemming from Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), including Indian attacks on
frontier settlements, captives in Canada, the failed expeditions against
Canada in 1707, 1709, and 1711, and the successful expedition to Port
Royal in 1710
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 72
Military, 1712-1747
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to the continuing
military concerns of Canadian captives and unstable frontier settlements,
along with Dummer's War (1722-1725). Also covers the Cartagena expedition
in the Spanish West Indies of 1740 during the War of Jenkins Ear (1739-1742)
and the Louisbourg expedition of 1745 during King George's War (1740-1748)
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 73
Military, 1747-1750
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to continuing military
concerns of Canadian captives and unstable frontier settlements, along
with increasing numbers of requests for reimbursement for items lost during
the Louisbourg expedition
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 74
Military, 1751-1755
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns,
leading up to the French and Indian War (1754-1763), and including the
Crown Point expedition of 1755
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 75
Military, 1755-1756
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns
stemming from the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and especially the
Crown Point expedition of 1755
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 76
Military, 1756-1757
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns
stemming from the French and Indian War (1754-1763), including the aftermath
of the Crown Point Expedition, and the Massachusetts troops that remained
in New York
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 77
Military, 1757-1758
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns
stemming from the French and Indian War (1754-1763), with many petitions
requesting allowances, reimbursements, or back pay for military service
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 78
Military, 1758-1760
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns
stemming from the French and Indian War (1754-1763), with many petitions
requesting allowances, reimbursements, or back pay for military service
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 79
Military, 1760-1761
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns
stemming from the French and Indian War (1754-1763), with many petitions
requesting allowances, reimbursements, or back pay for military service
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 80
Military, 1761-1774
Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns
stemming from the French and Indian War (1754-1763), with many petitions
requesting allowances, reimbursements, or back pay for military service
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents, name
index
Volume 81
Minutes of Council, 1689-1732
Draft minutes of the Governor's Council in its executive capacity as an
advisory body to the governor and in its legislative capacity as the upper
chamber of the General Court; also includes records of the Massachusetts
Convention (1689) and records of the House of Deputies (1690-1692)
Finding aids: table of contents, name index
Volume 82
Minutes of Council, 1733-1753
Draft minutes of the Governor's Council in its executive capacity as an
advisory body to the governor and in its legislative capacity as the upper
chamber of the General Court
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents
Volume 83
Minutes of Council, 1753-1756
Draft minutes of the Governor's Council in its executive capacity as an
advisory body to the governor and in its legislative capacity as the upper
chamber of the General Court; also includes draft minutes of the House
Journal (June 3 - 19, 1755 and Dec. 12, 1755 - Mar. 10, 1756)
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents
Volume 84
Minutes of Council, 1756-1761
Draft minutes of the Governor's Council in its executive capacity as an
advisory body to the governor and in its legislative capacity as the upper
chamber of the General Court
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents
Volume 85
Minutes of Council, 1760-1770
Draft minutes of the Governor's Council in its executive capacity as an
advisory body to the governor and in its legislative capacity as the upper
chamber of the General Court
Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents
Volume 86
Minutes of Council, 1770-1776
Draft minutes of the Governor's Council in its executive capacity as an
advisory body to the governor and in its legislative capacity as the upper
chamber of the General Court; after July 26, 1775, the Council functioned
as the state's only executive. Also includes draft minutes of the House
Journal (June 5 - July 1, 1771)
Finding aids: table of contents
Volume 87
Miscellaneous, 1657-1774
Discrete groups of records arranged topically, on the following subjects:
Casualties by fire (1651-1774)
Copies of charters
Records of civil officers chosen (1727-1751)
Petitions for new counties (1724-1761)
Original minutes of the General Court (1641-1643)
Small pox and other diseases (1720-1774)
Freshwater fisheries (1727-1774)
Finding aids: table of contents, name index
Volume 88
Miscellaneous, 1648-1775
Discrete groups of records arranged topically, on the following subjects:
Lotteries (1750-1769)
Minerals (1648-1697)
Name changes (1766-1774)
Damages by rioters (1746-1770)
1764 census returns for Worcester County
Post offices and postmasters (1677-1775)
Preservation and restoration of colony records (1651-1774)
Manifest of British sugar planters against the New England trade with
the French West Indies (1750-1751)
Finding aids: table of contents, name index
Volume 89
Military Accounts, 1741-1760
Financial accounts of military expeditions, and for provisions and stores
for frontier garrisons
Finding aids: table of contents
Volume 90
Military Accounts, 1756-1759
Billeting accounts for military expeditions in the French and Indian War
Finding aids: table of contents
Volume 91
Muster Rolls, 1710-1740
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the 1710 expedition to Port Royal,
the Cartagena expedition in the Spanish West Indies in 1740, and various
frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 92
Muster Rolls, 1740-1749
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the 1740 Cartagena expedition,
the Louisbourg expedition of 1745, and various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 93
Muster Rolls, 1749-1755
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the Crown Point expedition of
1755 and various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 94A
Muster Rolls, 1755-1756
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the Crown Point expedition of
1755 and various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 94B
Muster Rolls, 1755-1756
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops in New York at Fort Edward, Fort
William Henry, and Lake George
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 95A
Muster Rolls, 1757
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the French and Indian war and
various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 95B
Muster Rolls, 1757
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the French and Indian war and
various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 96A
Muster Rolls, 1757-1759
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the French and Indian war and
various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 96B
Muster Rolls, 1758-1759
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the French and Indian war and
various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 97A
Muster Rolls, 1758-1759
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the French and Indian war and
various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 97B
Muster Rolls, 1759-1760
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the French and Indian war and
various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 98A
Muster Rolls, 1760-1761
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the French and Indian war and
various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 98B
Muster Rolls, 1761
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the French and Indian war and
various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents
Volume 99
Muster Rolls, 1761-1774
Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops for the French and Indian war and
various frontier garrisons
Finding aids: card catalogue (supplementary), table of contents