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  2. History of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts: A Concise History (2002), a recent scholarly history Clark, Will L. ed., Western Massachusetts: A History, 1636–1925 (1926), history of towns and institutions Cumbler, John T. online Reasonable Use: The People, the Environment, and the State, New England, 1790–1930 (2001), environmental history

  3. Massachusetts Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history. The Massachusetts Historical Society was established in 1791 and is located at 1154 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts, and is the oldest historical society in the United States.

  4. Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, [note 1] it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. Massachusetts was a site of early English colonization.

  5. Massachusetts is filled with history. Here are 10 historic ...

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    When looking to visit a historic site, to say you're spoiled for choice in Massachusetts is an understatement.Overwhelmed would be a better word. Inundated, would be another. With over 400 years ...

  6. Massachusetts Archives - Wikipedia

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    The Archives operates the Commonwealth Museum to educate and display some of its collections of important documents about state and national history. [5] The main permanent exhibit is entitled "The Massachusetts Experiment in Democracy: 1620–Today", and traces the Massachusetts experience through the Colonial, Revolutionary, Federal, and 19th century reform periods.

  7. Massachusetts Bay Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, one of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

  8. History of Springfield, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The history of Springfield, Massachusetts dates back to the colonial period, when it was founded in 1636 as Agawam Plantation, named after a nearby village of Algonkian-speaking Native Americans. It was the northernmost settlement of the Connecticut Colony .

  9. Timeline of Boston - Wikipedia

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    Boston Directory and Massachusetts Magazine begin publication. 1790 Memorial column erected atop Beacon Hill. Population: 18,320. [26] 1791 – Massachusetts Historical Society founded. 1792 Board Alley Theatre opens. Boston Library Society established. J. & T.H. Perkins shipping merchant in business. 1793 – West Boston Bridge opens. [2] 1794