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The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company, including investors in the failed Dorchester Company, which had established a short-lived settlement on Cape Ann in 1623. The colony began in 1628 and was the company's second attempt at colonization.
Commonwealth of Toil: Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions (1996) Hall, Donald. ed. The Encyclopedia of New England (2005) Hart, Albert Bushnell ed.Commonwealth History of Massachusetts, Colony, Province and State (1927–30), a five volume in-depth history, covering political, economic, and social matters online
Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts on March 4. 1635 – Boston Latin School founded. [3] 1636 – Town assumes the prerogatives of appointment and control of the Boston Watch. 1637 – Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts founded. 1638 Desiré slave ship arrives. [4] Anne Hutchinson excommunicated.
1629 – New England Company reorganized as the Massachusetts Bay Company. 1629 Kiliaen van Rensselaer institutes the patroon system in New Netherland. [2] 1630 – Puritans found Boston and ten other settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Winthrop preaches his City upon a Hill sermon. First meeting of the Massachusetts General Court.
Due to imprecision in surveying colonial borders, Springfield became embroiled in a boundary dispute between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Connecticut Colony, which was not resolved until 1803–4. (See the article on the History of Massachusetts-Connecticut Border). As a result, some lands originally administered by Springfield ...
Foster graduated from Harvard University, but was a self-taught pioneer in American printmaking in woodcut, and also learned the art of typography from the Boston printer Marmaduke Johnson. He subsequently printed many works by prominent religious figures of the day in Massachusetts, and for a few years printed and published an annual almanac.
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The Old Colony History Museum is home to an extensive collection of regional objects and archives and a research library specializing in local history and genealogy. Its parent organization, the Old Colony Historical Society, was founded on May 4, 1853, making it one of New England's oldest historical societies.