Massachusetts Archives Collection: Volume List

The records of the Massachusetts Archives Collection were bound into 328 numbered scrapbook volumes, arranged roughly by topic. Below is a list of each volume, along with a short summary of the contents and information about available finding aids.

Visit the following links to search the volumes directly:

• Volumes 1-239
• Volume 240-328

Volume 1: Agriculture, 1644-1774

• Livestock, protection of common lands, and the destruction of wolves and other wild animals
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 2: Colonial, 1638-1720

• 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 catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 3: Colonial, 1629-1720

• 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 catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original Volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 4: Colonial, 1721-1768; 1771-1773

• 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 catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 5: Colonial, 1728-1774

• 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 catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 6: Colonial, 1724-1775

• 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 catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 7: Commercial, 1685-1714

• Regulation of commercial shipping and fishing in Massachusetts Bay
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 8: Depositions, 1662-1766

• Depositions of individuals on a wide range of subjects, many concerning commercial transactions, land rights, and ownership
• Finding aids: card catalog, 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 catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 10: Ecclesiastical, 1637-1679

• Colonial government records on religious affairs, including orders for fast days or thanksgiving, establishment of new parishes and churches, and locations of meeting houses
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

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Volume 11: Ecclesiastical, 1679-1739

• Colonial/provincial government records on religious affairs, including orders for fast days or thanksgiving, establishment of new parishes and churches, locations of meeting houses, and requests for relief from ministerial taxes
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 12: Ecclesiastical, 1739-1749

• Provincial government records on religious affairs, including orders for fast days or thanksgiving, establishment of new parishes and churches, locations of meeting houses, and requests for relief from ministerial taxes
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 13: Ecclesiastical, 1749-1756

• Provincial government records on religious affairs, including orders for fast days or thanksgiving, establishment of new parishes and churches, locations of meeting houses, and requests for relief from ministerial taxes
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 14: Ecclesiastical, 1757-1774

• Provincial government records on religious affairs, including orders for fast days or thanksgiving, establishment of new parishes and churches, locations of meeting houses, and requests for relief from ministerial taxes
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 15A: Emigrants, 1651-1774

• Non-English settlers of the Massachusetts Bay area
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 15B: Estates, 1636-1671

• Property settlements and other probate matters
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 16: Estates, 1671-1697

• Property settlements and other probate matters
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 17: Estates, 1697-1742

• Property settlements and other probate matters
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 18: Estates, 1742-1753

• Property settlements and other probate matters
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 19A: Estates, 1753-1774

• Property settlements and other probate matters
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 19B: Estates, 1753-1774

• Property settlements and other probate matters
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 20: Foreign Relations, 1658-1751

• Interactions between the government of Massachusetts Bay, its agents, and the British government in London
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

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Volume 21: Foreign Relations, 1751-1758

• Interactions between the government of Massachusetts Bay, its agents, and the British government in London
• Finding aids: card catalog, 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, its agents, and the British government in London
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 23: French Neutrals, 1755-1758

• French Acadians interned in Massachusetts towns after 1755
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 24: French Neutrals, 1758-1769

• French Acadians interned in Massachusetts towns after 1755
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 25: Hutchinson's Correspondence, 1741-1773

• Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, governor and loyalist statesman
• Finding aids: card catalog, 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 catalog, 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 catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 28: Hutchinson's History (Manuscript) 1691-1750

• Original manuscript of the second volume of Thomas Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts Bay in New England
• Finding aids: card catalog
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 29: Indian Conferences, 1713-1776

• Conference proceedings between Indigenous peoples and the Massachusetts Bay government
• Finding aids: database, card catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 30: Indian Affairs, 1603-1705

• Interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government and Indigenous peoples in New England and New York
• Finding aids: database, card catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

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Volume 31: Indian Affairs, 1705-1750

• Interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government and Indigenous peoples in New England and New York
• Finding aids: database, card catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 32: Indian Affairs, 1750-1757

• Interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government and Indigenous peoples in New England and New York
• Finding aids: database, card catalog, table of contents, name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 33: Indian Affairs, 1757-1775

• Interactions between the Massachusetts Bay government and Indigenous peoples in New England and New York
• Finding aids: card catalog, 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 Indigenous peoples in New England and New York
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 35: Inter-charter, 1689-1690

• Massachusetts Bay government records between September 18, 1689, and April 9, 1690, after the overthrow of Governor Andros' Dominion of New England
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 36: Inter-charter, 1690-1691

• Massachusetts Bay government records between April 10, 1690, and April 15, 1691, after the overthrow of Governor Andros' Dominion of New England, and before the arrival of the 1692 William and Mary charter
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 37: Inter-charter, 1691-1692

• Massachusetts Bay government records between April 16, 1691, and May 9, 1692, before the arrival of the 1692 William and Mary charter
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 38A: Journals, 1695-1767

• Various narrative journals, mostly on military scouting expeditions and encounters with Indigenous peoples
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 38B: Judicial, 1640-1658

• Colonial judiciary records in Massachusetts Bay, and court cases heard before the General Court and the Court of Assistants
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 39: Judicial, 1658-1683

• Colonial judiciary records in Massachusetts Bay, and court cases heard before the General Court and the Court of Assistants
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 40: Judicial, 1660-1724

• Provincial judiciary records in Massachusetts Bay, including courts established under the Dominion of New England and cases appealed from lower courts
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents (partial), name index

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Volume 41: Judicial, 1725-1742

• Provincial judiciary records in Massachusetts Bay, and court cases heard on appeal by the Superior Court of Judicature
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 42: Judicial, 1742-1749

• Provincial judiciary records in Massachusetts Bay, and court cases heard on appeal by the Superior Court of Judicature
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 43: Judicial, 1749-1754

• Provincial judiciary records in Massachusetts Bay, and court cases heard on appeal by the Superior Court of Judicature
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 44: Judicial, 1754-1774

• Provincial judiciary records in Massachusetts Bay, and court cases heard on appeal by the Superior Court of Judicature
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 45: Lands, 1622-1726

• General Court records on land grants and titles to lands in Massachusetts (1639-1726), Maine (1622-1683), and Connecticut (1657-1675)
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 46: Lands, 1726-1739

• General Court records on land grants and titles to land, including manuscript plans of lands in question
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 47: Laws, 1645-1774

• General Court records on the passage of laws on a variety of subjects, many on criminal activities
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 48: Legislature, 1643-1732

• General Court records on legislative procedures and structure; includes abstract of House Journal (July 24-Dec. 4, 1728)
• Finding aids: card catalog (partial), table of contents, name index

Volume 49: Legislature, 1733-1756

• General Court records on legislative procedures and structure
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 50: Legislature, 1756-1775

• General Court records on legislative procedures and structure
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

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Volume 51: Letters, 1692-1724

• Correspondence to and from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 52: Letters, 1724-1738

• Correspondence to and from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary
• Finding aids: card catalog, 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 catalog, 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 catalog, 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 catalog, 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 from private individuals, the House of Representatives (1775-1776), and members of the Board of War on the Penobscot Expedition (1779)
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 58: Literacy, 1645-1774

• General Court records on 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 on support and encouragement of manufacturing interests
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 60: Maritime, 1641-1671

• General Court and Court of Assistants records on maritime activities, including customs officials, seizures of vessels, the slave trade, piracy, and the mast trade
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

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Volume 61: Maritime, 1671-1694

• General Court, Court of Assistants, and Admiralty Court records on maritime activities, including customs officials, seizures of vessels, the slave trade, piracy, and the mast trade
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

Volume 62: Maritime, 1694-1706

• General Court records on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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

• Massachusetts Bay government records on military concerns, including military companies and training bands, fortifications and frontier garrisons, expeditions against the Dutch, and various tribes of Indigenous people
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 68: Military, 1675-1676

• Massachusetts Bay government records on military concerns, primarily King Philip's War
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 69: Military, 1676-1680

• Massachusetts Bay government records on military concerns, primarily King Philip's War and its aftermath, and the continuing fighting in Maine
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 70: Military, 1680-1703

• Massachusetts Bay government records on 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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

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Volume 71: Military, 1704-1711

• Massachusetts Bay government records on military concerns stemming from Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), including Indigenous 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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 72: Military, 1712-1747

• Massachusetts Bay government records on continuing military concerns of Canadian captives and unstable frontier settlements, Dummer's War (1722-1725), 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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 73: Military, 1747-1750

• Massachusetts Bay government records on 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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 74: Military, 1751-1755

• Massachusetts Bay government records on military concerns, leading up to the French and Indian War (1754-1763), and including the Crown Point expedition of 1755
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 75: Military, 1755-1756

• Massachusetts Bay government records on military concerns stemming from the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and especially the Crown Point expedition of 1755
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 76: Military, 1756-1757

• Massachusetts Bay government records on 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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 77: Military, 1757-1758

• Massachusetts Bay government records on 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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 78: Military, 1758-1760

• Massachusetts Bay government records on 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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 79: Military, 1760-1761

• Massachusetts Bay government records on 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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 80: Military, 1761-1774

• Massachusetts Bay government records on 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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

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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 catalog, 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-March 10, 1756)
• Finding aids: card catalog, 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 catalog, 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 catalog, 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)
• Smallpox 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 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

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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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (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 catalog (supplementary), table of contents

Volume 100: Pecuniary, 1629-1694

• Financial considerations of the Massachusetts Bay government, including Treasurer's accounts, debts owed to the "country," tax rates, bills of charges, and the colonial mint
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents, name index

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Volume 101: Pecuniary, 1694-1740

• General Court records on the financial considerations of the provincial government, including taxation, bills of credit, and relations with the Treasurer
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 102: Pecuniary, 1740-1752

• General Court records on the financial considerations of the provincial government, focusing on the Land Bank
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 103: Pecuniary, 1752-1760

• General Court records on the financial considerations of the provincial government, including the value of coinage, counterfeiting, the Land Bank, and the emission of bills of credit and their eventual destruction
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 104: Pecuniary, 1760-1775

• General Court records on the financial considerations of the provincial government, including the value of coinage, counterfeiting, the Land Bank, and the emission of bills of credit and their eventual destruction
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 105: Petitions, 1643-1775

• Petitions to the General Court from individuals and towns; some of the petitions resulted in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 106: Political, 1638-1700

• Massachusetts Bay government records on its dealing with Cromwell, the restored British crown, the visit of the King's Commissioners in 1664, Edward Randolph, and the revocation of the colony charter. Also includes records on freemen (1643-1685)
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 107: Revolution, 1689

• Massachusetts Bay government records between April 19, 1689, and Oct. 8, 1689, following the overthrow of Governor Andros' Dominion of New England
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 108: Speeches and Messages, 1702-1754

• Speeches made by the Governor to the General Court and their responses; also includes various messages sent between the House, the Council, and the Governor
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 109: Speeches and Messages, 1755-1760

• Speeches made by the Governor to the General Court and their responses; also includes various messages sent between the House, the Council, and the Governor
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 110: Speeches and Messages, 1760-1774

• Speeches made by the Governor to the General Court and their responses; also includes various messages sent between the House, the Council, and the Governor
• Finding aids: table of contents

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Volume 111: Taverns, 1643-1774

• Massachusetts Bay government records regulating taverns, inns, and ordinaries; mainly petitions requesting or renewing licenses
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 112: Towns, 1632-1693

• General Court records on the governance of towns within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts Bay, including the establishment of town bounds, grants of land to towns, and the incorporation of towns and districts. This volume includes a number of petitions requesting the use of wooden buildings in Boston
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents

Volume 113: Towns, 1693-1729

• General Court records on the governance of towns in provincial Massachusetts, including the incorporation of towns and districts, tax rates, boundaries and grants, Indigenous lands, and the legality of town meetings
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents

Volume 114: Towns, 1730-1742

• General Court records on the governance of towns in provincial Massachusetts, including the incorporation of towns and districts, tax rates, boundaries and grants, Indigenous lands, and the legality of town meetings
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents

Volume 115: Towns, 1742-1751

• General Court records on the governance of towns in provincial Massachusetts, including the incorporation of towns and districts, tax rates, boundaries and grants, Indigenous lands, and the legality of town meetings
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents

Volume 116: Towns, 1751-1754

• General Court records on the governance of towns in provincial Massachusetts, including the incorporation of towns and districts, tax rates, boundaries and grants, Indigenous lands, and the legality of town meetings
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents

Volume 117: Towns, 1755-1762

• General Court records on the governance of towns in provincial Massachusetts, including the incorporation of towns and districts, tax rates, boundaries and grants, Indigenous lands, and the legality of town meetings
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents

Volume 118: Towns, 1763-1774

• General Court records on the governance of towns in provincial Massachusetts, including the incorporation of towns and districts, tax rates, boundaries and grants, Indigenous lands, and the legality of town meetings
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents

Volume 119: Trade, 1645-1754

• Regulation of trade in Massachusetts Bay, colonial era licenses and wage and price controls, and material on tavern licenses, excise taxes, and trade with Indigenous people
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 120: Trade, 1754-1774

• Regulation of trade in Massachusetts Bay; includes material on tavern licenses, excise taxes, and trade with Indigenous people
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

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Volume 121: Travelling, 1644-1774

• General Court records on roads, bridges, and ferries in Massachusetts Bay
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 122: Treasury, 1692-1713

• Accounts of John Phillips and James Taylor, provincial Treasurers and Receivers General
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 123: Treasury, 1707-1734

• Accounts of James Taylor and Jeremiah Allen, provincial Treasurers and Receivers General
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 124: Treasury, 1735-1757

• Accounts of Jeremiah Allen, William Foye, and Harrison Gray, provincial Treasurers and Receivers General
• Finding aids: table of contents (partial), name index

Volume 125: Treasury, 1759-1770

• Accounts of Harrison Gray, provincial Treasurer and Receiver General
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 126: Usurpation, 1686

• Records of the government of Joseph Dudley and the Council, established after the revocation of the colonial charter and prior to the arrival of Sir Edmund Andros; includes Council minutes
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 127: Usurpation, 1687

• Records of the government of Joseph Dudley and the Council and the Dominion of New England under Sir Edmund Andros; the majority of the records consist of requests for land grants or confirmation of existing grants; includes Council minutes
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 128: Usurpation, 1688

• Records of the Dominion of New England under Sir Edmund Andros; the majority of the records consist of requests for land grants or confirmation of existing grants; includes Council minutes
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 129: Usurpation, 1688-1689

• Records of the Dominion of New England under Sir Edmund Andros until his overthrow in April 1689; the majority of the records consist of requests for land grants or confirmation of existing grants; includes Council minutes
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 130: Valuations of Towns, 1760-1770

• Manuscript valuations of individuals for towns in Massachusetts and Maine; primarily from 1770
• Finding aids: table of contents

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Volume 131: Valuations of Towns, 1770

• Manuscript valuations of individuals for towns in Massachusetts and Maine dated 1770
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 132: Valuations of Towns, 1771

• Manuscript valuations of individuals for towns in Massachusetts and Maine dated 1771; also includes nine valuations for towns dated 1768
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 133: Valuations of Towns, 1771

• Manuscript valuations of individuals for towns in Massachusetts and Maine, dated 1771
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 134: Valuations of Towns, 1771

• Manuscript valuations of individuals for towns in Massachusetts and Maine, dated 1771
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 135: Witchcraft, 1656-1759

• Prosecution of witchcraft cases in Massachusetts Bay; includes several early cases, official copies of records on the witchcraft cases in Salem Village and Andover in 1692, and later petitions to the General Court to recover expenses for those imprisoned and executed in 1692
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index, typescript of documents (in notebook)

Volume 136: Miscellaneous, 1715-1761

• Discrete groups of records on military or pecuniary matters, arranged topically, including:
• L50,000 loan (1715-1720)
• Land bank (1744)
• Mercantile accounts (1727-1749)
• Redemption of provincial money (1750-1751)
• Expenses from the Crown Point expedition (1755-1758)
• Billeting rolls (1759; 1761)
• Military accounts (1758-1759)
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 137: Reports, 1774-1783

• Reports from the General Court or various legislative committees during the Revolutionary era
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 138: Revolutionary Miscellaneous, 1774-1783

• Legislative records from the Provincial Congresses and the General Court, including instructions to the Continental Congress and printed broadsides. Also includes records on losses by the enemy at Lexington, Bunker Hill, Dorchester, and Falmouth
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 139: Revolutionary Miscellaneous, 1786-1789

• Treasury Department records, obtained and arranged in 1844, on a variety of subjects:
• Records on the Penobscot Expedition (1786)
• Bonds given to whaling ships (1775)
• Bonds given to privateers (1776-1781)
• Bonds given for the safe return of firearms (1777)
• Legislative orders concerning losses at Bunker Hill and Lexington (1776-1777)
• Records on absentee estates (1776-1777)
• Bonds from loyalists (1775-1781)
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 140: Revolutionary Miscellaneous, 1775-1788

• Revolutionary-era Massachusetts government materials and military expenses:
• Original minutes of the Committee of Safety (1775)
• Original minutes of the Provincial Congress (1775)
• Original minutes of the Committee of War (1775)
• Accounts of military stores at the Boston Laboratory (1776-1778)
• Expenses of the state mint at Dedham (1787)
• Account of depredations at the Isle of Sables (1788)
• Record book of the Court of Appeals on divorces and abandonments (1780-1786)
• Finding aids: table of contents, index to divorces (in notebook)

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Volume 141: Revolutionary Miscellaneous, 1777-1782

• Accounts on the Revolutionary-era government, including payments made to towns for military purposes (1777-1782), and statistics of clothing supplied by towns (1778-1781)
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 142: Revolutionary Miscellaneous, 1777-1783

• General Court records from the Revolutionary era, including orders, resolves, letters, accounts, and printed broadsides
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 143: Revolutionary Miscellaneous, 1772-1781

• Discrete groups of records on the Revolutionary-era government in Massachusetts and the Board of War, including:
• Colonial agents in Great Britain (1773-1775)
• Claims of the Housatonuck Proprietors (1722-1773)
• Council committee journal of accounts (1775-1777)
• Invoices of cargoes shipped by the Board of War (1777-1779)
• Board of War accounts (1777-1780)
• General Court orders and resolves addressed to the Board of War (1778-1781)
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 144: Convention, 1776-1782

• Reports and proceedings from various New England conventions, on concerns over trade and paper money; also concerning the inhabitants of Sunbury and Cumberland Counties, Nova Scotia; and a large amount of material detailing relations with various Indigenous tribes, including the correspondence of Col. John Allen, agent to the Eastern Indians
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 145: Revolution Penobscot Expedition, 1779

• Documenting the failed expedition to Penobscot, Maine, under the command of Solomon Lovell, Paul Revere, and Dudley Saltonstall, to dislodge the British from Castine
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 146: Revolution Military, 1775-1783

• Provincial Congress and General Court records on military preparations and activities during the Revolutionary era; about half the volume covers April-June, 1775, between the march on Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 147: Indian Truck House Accounts, 1776-1779

• Accounts kept by Col. John Allan of Machias, Superintendent of Eastern Indians, of furs and feathers received from various Indigenous people and the supplies traded with them Finding aids: name index

Volume 148: Board of War Minutes, 1776-1777

• Attested copies of the minutes of the Massachusetts Board of War, dated Nov. 19, 1776-Sept. 9, 1777, on the state's armed forces and navy, and on military supplies and provisions
• Finding aids: name index

Volume 149: Board of War Minutes, 1777-1778

• Attested copies of the minutes of the Massachusetts Board of War, dated Sept. 10, 1777-Nov. 25, 1778, on the state's armed forces and navy, and on military supplies and provisions
• Finding aids: name index

Volume 150: Board of War Minutes, 1778-1781

• Attested copies of the minutes of the Massachusetts Board of War, dated Nov. 27, 1778-July 7, 1781, on the state's armed forces and navy, and on military supplies and provisions
• Finding aids: name index

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Volume 151: Board of War Minutes, 1776-1780 (Letters)

• Letter book copies of letters written by the Massachusetts Board of War on the state's armed forces and navy, and on military supplies and provisions
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 152: Board of War Letters, 1776-1777

• Letters received by the Massachusetts Board of War on the state's armed forces and navy and on military supplies and provisions; includes some copies of letters written by the Board
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 153: Board of War Letters, 1777-1780

• Letters received by the Massachusetts Board of War on the state's armed forces and navy and on military supplies and provisions; includes some copies of letters written by the Board
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 154: Revolution Royalists, 1775-1779

• Provincial Congress and General Court records on persons suspected of being loyalists; includes petitions, reports by town committees, resolves, warrants, and records of trials
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 155: Revolution Royalists, 1778-1784

• Records, arranged by county, on persons suspected of being loyalists; includes inventories of estates, indentures, and accounts. Also included are sections on claims on absentees estates, agent accounts of estates, and reports of commissioners appointed to apportion the estates of insolvent absentees
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 156: Revolution Provincial Congress, 1774-1778

• Votes taken by towns on independence, a constitution, and proceedings of conventions:
• Vote for delegates to a Provincial Congress (1774-1775)
• Vote for independence (1776)
• Votes for a constitution (1776, 1778)
• Proceedings of the Legislature relative to a constitution (1777-1778)
• Proceedings of a convention held at Ipswich (1776)
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 157: Maritime Miscellaneous, 1777-1782

• Maritime records on prizes taken by Massachusetts privateers (1777-1783), and miscellaneous Provincial Congress and General Court records on supplies for the military and truck house provisions
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 158: Revolutionary Messages, 1775-1783

• Messages from the Council and House, on prosecution of the war and state business; primarily messages from the Governor after 1780
• Also several groups of records on miscellaneous subjects, including:
• Papers on Portuguese prizes
• The wreck of the Somerset on Cape Cod (1778)
• Documents relative to the conduct of Jerathmal Bowers of Swansea (1778)
• Donations sent to relieve the suffering of inhabitants of South Carolina and Georgia (1781-1782)
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 159: Revolutionary Prize Cases, 1776-1780

• Prize vessels captured by American privateers; includes cases of libeled vessels heard before the Prize Court of the Middle District, prize accounts, and war office accounts
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 160: Revolution Constitution, 1778-1779

• Votes from towns on the proposed state constitution of 1778-1779 and two groups of miscellaneous papers
• Votes relative to a constitution (1778)
• Votes on two questions concerning a constitutional convention (1779)
• on a resolve for a constitutional convention (1779)
• Accounts for the support of General Warren's children (1777-1786)
• Papers relative to the conduct of Abiel Wood of Pownalboro (1775-1776)
• Finding aids: table of contents

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Volume 161: Valuations, 1777-1781

• Returns of polls and valuations of towns in Massachusetts and Maine, usually arranged by county, including 1778-79 census of polls (males over the age of 16), 1779, and 1781 aggregate valuations
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 162: Valuations of Towns, 1781-1785

• Returns of aggregate valuations of towns in Massachusetts and Maine, arranged by county, for 1781 and 1785-76
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 163: Valuations of Towns, 1786

• Returns of aggregate valuations of towns in Massachusetts and Maine, arranged by county, for 1786
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 164: Revolution Council Papers, 1775-1776

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on requests to leave the state, prisoners of war, commissions for the commanders of privateers, and orders to various military commanders
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents, name index

Volume 165: Revolution Council Papers, 1776

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on requests to leave the state, prisoners of war, commissions for the commanders of privateers, and orders to various military commanders
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents

Volume 166: Revolution Council Papers, 1776-1777

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on requests to leave the state, prisoners of war, and commissions for the commanders of privateers
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents

Volume 167: Revolution Council Papers, 1777

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on requests to leave the state, prisoners of war, and commissions for the commanders of privateers
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents

Volume 168: Revolution Council Papers, 1777-1778

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on requests to leave the state, prisoners of war, and commissions for the commanders of privateers
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents

Volume 169: Revolution Council Papers, 1778-1779

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on requests to leave the state, prisoners of war, and commissions for the commanders of privateers
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents

Volume 170: Revolution Council Papers, 1779

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on requests to leave the state, prisoners of war, and commissions for the commanders of privateers
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents

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Volume 171: Revolution Council Papers, 1779-1781

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on requests to leave the state, prisoners of war, and commissions for the commanders of privateers Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents

Volume 172: Revolution Council Papers, 1781-1783

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on requests to leave the state, prisoners of war, and commissions for the commanders of privateers
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents

Volume 173: Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1775-1777

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on the general business of the state, accounts, military supplies, and privateers
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 174: Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1777-1778

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on the general business of the state, accounts, military supplies, and privateers
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 175: Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1778-1779

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on the general business of the state, accounts, military supplies, and privateers
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 176: Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1779-1780

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on the general business of the state, accounts, military supplies, and privateers
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 177: Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1780-1781

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on the general business of the state, accounts, military supplies, and privateers
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 178: Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1781-1782

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on the general business of the state, accounts, military supplies, and privateers
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 179: Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1782-1783

• Records of the Council, acting in its capacity as the sole executive of the state, on the general business of the state, accounts, military supplies, and privateers
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 180: Revolution Petitions, 1775-1776

• Petitions addressed to the Provincial Congresses and the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects; most did not result in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents

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Volume 181: Revolution Petitions, 1776

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects; most did not result in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 182: Revolution Petitions, 1777

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects; most did not result in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 183: Revolution Petitions, 1777-1778

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects; most did not result in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 184: Revolution Petitions, 1778-1779

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects; most did not result in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 185: Revolution Petitions, 1779

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects; most did not result in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 186: Revolution Petitions, 1779-1780

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects; most did not result in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 187: Revolution Petitions, 1781-1782

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects; most did not result in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 188: Revolution Petitions, 1782-1783

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects; most did not result in passed legislation
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 189: Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787

• Records of the governor, Council, and General Court detailing the government's reaction to Shays' Rebellion
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 190: Shays' Rebellion, 1787

• Records of the Senate on Shays' Rebellion and oaths of allegiance taken by former rebels (1787)
• Finding aids: table of contents

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Volume 191: Shays' Rebellion, 1787

• Payrolls for companies of state militia called out to suppress Shays' Rebellion, arranged by company
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 192: Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1788

• Payrolls for companies of state militia called out to suppress Shays' Rebellion, arranged by company; also includes accounts of the Commissary General and the Quartermaster
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 193: Revolution Letters, 1774-

• Correspondence on the Provincial Congresses and revolutionary activities in Massachusetts and other colonies
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index (neither in original volume)

Volume 194: Revolution Letters, 1775-1776

• Correspondence received by the Provincial Congresses and, later, the Council and General Court, on governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War; includes some copies of letters
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index (neither in original volume)

Volume 195: Revolution Letters, 1776

• Correspondence received by the Council and General Court on governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War; includes some drafts of letters written by the Council
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 196: Revolution Letters, 1776-1777

• Correspondence received by the Council and General Court on governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War; includes some drafts of letters written by the Council and a letterbook with copies of letters from the Council
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 197: Revolution Letters, 1777

• Correspondence received by the Council and General Court on governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War; includes some drafts of letters written by the Council
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 198: Revolution Letters, 1777

• Correspondence received by the Council, with drafts of some letters, on governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 199: Revolution Letters, 1778

• Correspondence received by the Council, with drafts of some letters, on governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 200: Revolution Letters, 1778-1779

• Correspondence received by the Council, with drafts of some letters, regarding governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

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Volume 201: Revolution Letters, 1779

• Correspondence received by the Council, with drafts of some letters, regarding governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 202: Revolution Letters, 1779-1780

• Correspondence received by the Council, with drafts of some letters, regarding governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 203: Revolution Letters, 1780-1781

• Correspondence received by the governor, with drafts of outgoing letters, regarding governmental concerns in Massachusetts and the prosecution of the Revolutionary War
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 204: Revolution Letters, 1781-1783

• Correspondence received by the governor, with drafts of outgoing letters, regarding governmental affairs in Massachusetts
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 205: Revolution Letters, 1775-1783

• A second series of correspondence relating primarily to the Committee on Supplies, the Commissary General, and the Board of War; includes some drafts and copies of letters
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index

Volume 206: Revolution Resolves, 1775

• Petitions addressed to the Provincial Congresses and the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects, resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 207: Revolution Resolves, 1775-1776

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects, resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 208: Revolution Resolves, 1776

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 209: Revolution Resolves, 1776

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 210: Revolution Resolves, 1776

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

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Volume 211: Revolution Resolves, 1776-1777

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 212: Revolution Resolves, 1777

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 213: Revolution Resolves, 1777

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 214: Revolution Resolves, 1777

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 215: Revolution Resolves, 1777

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 216: Revolution Resolves, 1777-1778

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 217: Revolution Resolves, 1778

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 218: Revolution Resolves, 1778

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 219: Revolution Resolves, 1778

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 220: Revolution Resolves, 1778-1779

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

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Volume 221: Revolution Resolves, 1779

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 222: Revolution Resolves, 1779

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 223: Revolution Resolves, 1779

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 224: Revolution Resolves, 1779

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 225: Revolution Resolves, 1779-1780

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 226: Revolution Resolves, 1780

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 227: Revolution Resolves, 1780

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 228: Revolution Resolves, 1780

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 229: Revolution Resolves, 1780

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 230: Revolution Resolves, 1780-1781

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

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Volume 231: Revolution Resolves, 1781

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 232: Revolution Resolves, 1781

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 233: Revolution Resolves, 1781

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 234: Revolution Resolves, 1781

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 235: Revolution Resolves, 1782

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 236: Revolution Resolves, 1782

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 237: Revolution Resolves, 1782

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 238: Revolution Resolves, 1782-1783

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 239: Revolution Resolves, 1783

• Petitions addressed to the General Court by individuals and towns on a variety of subjects resulting in the passage of a resolve or order; also includes committee reports
• Finding aids: table of contents

Volume 240: Hutchinson Papers (Vol. 1)

• Private and public papers collected by Thomas Hutchinson, probably in connection with his writing of The History of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England; arranged chronologically and dated 1625-1650
• Finding aids: name index (in Volume 3)

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Volume 241: Hutchinson Papers (Vol. 2)

• Private and public papers collected by Thomas Hutchinson, probably in connection with his writing of The History of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England; arranged chronologically and dated 1651-1680
• Finding aids: name index (in Volume 3)

Volume 242: Hutchinson Papers (Vol. 3)

• Private and public papers collected by Thomas Hutchinson, probably in connection with his writing of The History of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England; arranged chronologically and dated 1681-1770, with a few miscellaneous 17th century documents at the end
• Finding aids: name index

Volume 243: Ancient Plans and Grants, 1649-1774

• General Court records on early land grants and boundary disputes; originally maintained as a separate set of records bound in four volumes. Documents from the set are included in Volume 243, while most of the plans associated with these records are now located in the Maps and Plans collection (Series 50)
• Finding aids: card catalog, name index

Volume 244: Accounts, 1676-1734

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: card catalog

Volume 245: Accounts, 1735-1737

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: card catalog

Volume 246: Accounts, 1738-1744

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: name index

Volume 247: Accounts, 1745-1750

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: name index

Volume 248: Accounts, 1751-1755

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: name index

Volume 249: Accounts, 1756

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: name index

Volume 250: Accounts, 1757

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: name index

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Volume 251: Accounts, 1758-1759

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: name index

Volume 252: Accounts, 1760-1761

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 253: Accounts, 1762-1764

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 254: Accounts, 1765-1769

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 255: Accounts, 1770-1776

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 256: Accounts, 1776

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 257: Accounts, 1777

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 258: Accounts, 1777

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 259: Accounts, 1778

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 260: Accounts, 1779

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

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Volume 261: Accounts, 1779

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 262: Accounts, 1780

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 263: Accounts, 1781-1782

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 264: Accounts, 1782-1783

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 265: Accounts, 1784-1790

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 266: Accounts, 1791-1797

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 267: Accounts, 1797-1799

• Accounts of individuals and committees against the Massachusetts Bay government for various expenditures
• Finding aids: none

Volume 268: Billeting Accounts, 1746-1757

• Accounts detailing expenses for the billeting of soldiers, primarily dating 1755-1757 during the Crown Point expedition
• Finding aids: card catalog, name index

Volume 269: Billeting Accounts, 1758-1763

• Accounts detailing expenses for the billeting of soldiers during the French and Indian War
• Finding aids: card catalog, name index

Volume 270: Board of War Orders, 1777-1778

• Orders written by the Massachusetts Board of War on the state's armed forces and navy and to military supplies and provisions
• Finding aids: none

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Volume 271: Board of War Orders, 1779

• Orders written by the Massachusetts Board of War on the state's armed forces and navy and to military supplies and provisions
• Finding aids: none

Volume 272: Board of War Orders, 1780-1781

• Orders written by the Massachusetts Board of War relating to the state's armed forces and navy and to military supplies and provisions
• Finding aids: none

Volume 273: Bonds, Deeds, Wills, 1673-1742

• Miscellany of legal documents, both originals and copies:
• Bonds given by individuals, including many dated Dec. 7, 1736 for establishing settlers in new townships near the Connecticut River and June-Sept. 1756, for lots near North Yarmouth, Maine
• Deeds, including some early Indian deeds (originals and copies)
• Indentures and agreements
• Wills and inventories
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook), name index

Volume 274: Certificates, 1705-1781

• Documents certifying that particular supplies, provisions, and services were provided for the government; many of the Revolutionary period certificates concern the manufacture of saltpeter
• Finding aids: none

Volume 275: Certificates, 1782-1798

• Documents certifying that particular supplies, provisions, and services were provided for the government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 276: Constitutional Convention, 1779-1780

• Proceedings of the state constitutional convention, drafts and printed copies of the proposed Constitution, and returns of ratification votes by Massachusetts and Maine towns
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 277: Constitutional Convention, 1779-1780

• Returns of votes by Massachusetts and Maine towns regarding the ratification of the 1780 state Constitution
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 278: Constitutional Convention, 1788

• Returns of votes passed in town meetings choosing delegates to attend the convention to ratify the federal Constitution; also includes the journal of the proceedings and payroll for the delegates
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 279: Council Papers, 1732-1799

• Orders of the Council acting in its executive capacity; the majority of these date after 1777 and are directions to the Board of War or other officers for the delivery of military supplies
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 280: Absentees, 1776-1780

• Records from the state Committee of Sequestration, including accounts of sales and auctions, receipts, and vouchers relating to property owned by loyalist absentees (Note: volume is no longer bound, however documents are still taped onto leaves)
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook), name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

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Volume 281: Estates of Absentees, 1781-1791

• Records of various committees appointed to review claims against the estates of absentees; many of the documents are receipts for monies received (Note: volume is no longer bound, however documents are still taped onto leaves)
• Finding aids: name index
• Use of original volume requires permission of the Archivist or Curator

Volume 282: Judicial, 1671-1799

• Provincial judiciary records in Massachusetts Bay, and court cases heard on appeal by the Superior Court of Judicature
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook), name index

Volume 283: Legislative, 1660-1776

• Provincial Congress and General Court records, including resolves, orders, and votes on various topics; also includes payrolls and many orders and resolves authorizing payments
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 284: Legislative, 1777-1778

• Resolves passed by the General Court, primarily concerned with the authorization of payments and directions to deliver supplies and provisions
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 285: Legislative, 1779-1782

• General Court records, including resolves, petitions, and orders on various topics; many concerned with authorization of payments
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 286: Legislative, 1783-1799

• General Court records, including orders and resolves on various topics; many concerned with appointments of public officials
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 287: Letters, 1663-1760

• Correspondence to and from various public officials; the majority date 1747-1760 and relate to William Bollan, the province's agent in London
• Finding aids: card catalog, table of contents (in notebook), name index

Volume 288: Letters, 1761-1785

• Correspondence to and from various public officials, relating to provisions and supplies during the Revolutionary period, the settlement of the boundary with New York (1784), and work on several lighthouses (1784-1785)
• Finding aids: table of contents, name index (both in notebook)

Volume 289: Letters, 1786-1792

• Correspondence to and from various public officials on a variety of subjects, including supplies for lighthouses, formation of militia companies, appointments and resignations, lands in Maine, and relations with the Eastern Indians
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook), name index

Volume 290: Letters, 1793-1799

• Correspondence to and from various public officials on a variety of subjects, including appointments and resignations, trading issues with Great Britain and France, ceding land to the federal government; approximately 30 letters at the end of the volume are undated
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook), name index

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Volume 291: Maritime, 1697-1769

• Commercial shipping records in Massachusetts, including bills of lading, invoices, and affidavits
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook), name index

Volume 292: Maritime, 1775-1795

• Commercial shipping records in Massachusetts, including bills of lading, invoices, and affidavits; some of these relate to prizes captured by Massachusetts privateers. Approximately 30 letters at the end of the volume are undated
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 293: Military, 1740-1777

• Records of the Massachusetts Bay government relating to military concerns:
• Lists of soldiers in companies who received bayonets and other supplies (1758-1760)
• Soldiers who lost supplies at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775
• Orderly book of Capt. Samuel Sawyer of Lancaster (1776)
• Agreements with the Board of War to provide supplies (1777)
• Returns of towns indicating the number of men in the train band and alarm list, and the amount of powder in the town stock (1777)
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 294: Military, 1778-1798

• Records of the Massachusetts government relating to military concerns:
• Returns of towns indicating the number of men in the train band and alarm list, and the amount of powder in the town stock (1778-1779)
• Lists of soldiers in companies who received various supplies (1778-1780)
• Payroll for the company defending Castle Island (1789-1798)
• Returns of the militia with numbers of cavalry and artillery and names of officers (1790-1797)
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 295: Miscellaneous, 1700-1799

• Records of the Massachusetts government with an incredible variety of topics including, but not limited to:
• Agreements and contracts
• Appraisals
• Auctioneers licenses (1790-1791)
• Orders for payment and statements of money owed to other
• Testimony and depositions
• Oaths and certificates of naturalization (1778-1789)
• Certificates of allegiance (1789-1799)
• New York permits allowing people to carry flour to Boston (1778-1779)
• Papers relating to the Provincial Congresses, received by the Archives from C.F. Libbie Co. in 1889
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 296: Orders, 1703-1775

• Orders from individuals and town committees requesting payment or delivery of supplies and provisions from the Massachusetts Bay government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 297: Orders, 1775

• Orders from individuals and town committees requesting payment or delivery of supplies and provisions from the Massachusetts Bay government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 298: Orders, 1775

• Orders from individuals and town committees requesting payment or delivery of supplies and provisions from the Massachusetts government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 299: Orders, 1775-1777

• Orders from individuals and town committees requesting payment or delivery of supplies and provisions from the state government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 300: Orders, 1777-1778

• Orders from individuals and town committees requesting payment or delivery of supplies and provisions from the state government
• Finding aids: none

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Volume 301: Orders, 1779-1780

• Orders from individuals and town committees requesting payment or delivery of supplies and provisions from the state government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 302: Orders, 1781-1799

• Orders from individuals and town committees requesting payment or delivery of supplies and provisions from the state government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 303: Petitions, 1659-1786

• Petitions to the Governor and General Court on various subjects; many of these are copies of petitions found elsewhere in this collection
• Finding aids: database, table of contents (in notebook), name index

Volume 304: Receipts, 1697-1775

• Receipts provided for the delivery of specified services, supplies, or provisions for the Massachusetts Bay government; most pertain to the early Revolutionary era
• Finding aids: none

Volume 305: Receipts, 1775-1776

• Receipts provided for the delivery of specified services, supplies, or provisions for the state government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 306: Receipts, 1775-1778

• Receipts provided for the delivery of specified services, supplies, or provisions for the state government
• Finding aids: table of contents (partial)

Volume 307: Receipts, 1778-1779

• Receipts provided for the delivery of specified services, supplies, or provisions for the state government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 308: Receipts, 1780

• Receipts provided for the delivery of specified services, supplies, or provisions for the state government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 309: Receipts, 1780-1781

• Receipts provided for the delivery of specified services, supplies, or provisions for the state government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 310: Receipts, 1781-1782

• Receipts provided for the delivery of specified services, supplies, or provisions for the state government
• Finding aids: none

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Volume 311: Receipts, 1782-1799

• Receipts provided for the delivery of specified services, supplies, or provisions for the state government
• Finding aids: none

Volume 312: Returns, 1711-1776

• Accounts, invoices, and returns on provisions and supplies received and delivered by the Massachusetts Bay government and lists of soldiers
• Finding aids: none

Volume 313: Returns, 1777-1778

• Accounts, invoices, and returns on provisions and supplies received and delivered by the state government and lists of soldiers
• Finding aids: none

Volume 314: Returns, 1779-1781

• Accounts, invoices, and returns on provisions and supplies received and delivered by the state government and lists of soldiers
• Finding aids: none

Volume 315: Returns, 1782-1787

• Accounts, invoices, and returns on provisions and supplies received and delivered by the state government and lists of soldiers
• Finding aids: none

Volume 316: Returns, 1787-1790

• Accounts, invoices, and returns on provisions and supplies received and delivered by the state government and lists of soldiers
• Finding aids: none

Volume 317: Returns, 1791-1799

• Accounts, invoices, and returns on provisions and supplies received and delivered by the state government and lists of soldiers
• Finding aids: none

Volume 318: Shays' Rebellion, 1785-1787

• Records relating to the Commissary, including vouchers for supplies and provisions for the militia; includes some original letters to the governor
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents (in notebook), name index

Volume 319: Shays' Rebellion, 1787-1790

• Records relating to the Commissary, including vouchers for supplies and provisions for the militia; includes some original letters to the governor and account books of provisions and supplies received and delivered
• Finding aids: card catalog (supplementary), table of contents (in notebook), name index

Volume 320: Treasury, 1753-1797

• Records of the Treasurer and Receiver-General, including orders from the Committee on Supplies directing Henry Gardiner to pay certain individuals; and statements of Nathaniel Appleton, United States Loan Office, indicating amount of indents paid by Treasurer Alexander Hodgdon
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

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Volume 321: Treasury, 1770-1797

• Orders from the Treasurer directing county sheriffs to collect delinquent taxes from towns (1770-1797), or require that quotas for soldiers be filled (1782)
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 322: Valuations and Taxes, 1738-1777

• 1755 valuations of 12 towns, with names of individuals given; returns of town assessors indicating the sum of taxes to be collected (1763-1767; 1771-1775); town valuations, some with individual names (1777-1778); town returns of number of males over the age of 16 (1776-1777)
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 323: Valuations and Taxes, 1778-1787

• Assessment and payment of taxes, including tax receipts from towns, sheriffs' executions on delinquents, and records of money owed to the state
• Finding aids: table of contents (partial; in notebook)

Volume 324: Valuations and Taxes, 1788-1799

• Assessment and payment of taxes, including orders directing Justices of the Peace in Cumberland County to collect taxes (1793); tax receipts from towns; sheriffs' executions; and records of money owed to the state
• Finding aids: table of contents (partial; in notebook)

Volume 325: Warrants, 1738-1779

• Printed forms signed by the Council authorizing the payment of specific accounts
• Finding aids: none

Volume 326: Warrants, 1779-1786

• Printed forms signed by the Council authorizing the payment of specific accounts
• Finding aids: none

Volume 327: Hutchinson Papers (incorrect spine title)

• Papers, primarily Revolutionary-era military records, donated to the Massachusetts Archives by individuals
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

Volume 328: Hutchinson Papers (incorrect spine title)

• Small number of papers and copies of documents donated to the Massachusetts Archives by individuals
• Finding aids: table of contents (in notebook)

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