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Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1792-1941

Scope:  Published in seven series of 10 volumes each, these collections include papers relating to the Massachusetts Historical Society, historical papers, ecclesiastical history papers, biographies, genealogies, materials on Indians, geography and topography papers, and many others.  This collection also includes the Warren-Adams Papers, 1767-1822 published in volumes 72 and 73. The Warren-Adams Papers, 1767-1822, consist primarily of letters of John, Abigail, and Samuel Adams and James and Mercy Warren, and focus on the growing alienation between Great Britain and its mainland American colonies. This inside view of the patriot faction includes information on the Townshend duties, the Boston "Massacre," the Boston Tea Party, the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, as well as political, military, and commercial problems surrounding the Revolutionary period. 

All volumes of the collection up to 1939 are available online and can be downloaded for free from either the Internet Archive or Google Books. Below is a table with links to each volume as hosted by these sites. Sometimes multiple copies of the volumes are available, but not all copies are of equal quality. Clicking on the title in the description page will take you to the book's web page where you can read the book online. Clicking on "Http" will take you to the folder where all files pertaining the volume are stored (if Internet Archive) or to the volume's description page (if Google). Clicking on PDF will automatically download the entire volume to your computer.

Massachusetts Historical Society Collections Available Online at 

The Internet Archive & Google Books

All Volumes up to 1939 (Vol.78) can be downloaded for free

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