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Massachusetts List
Last updated January 10, 2012
1. Bailey, Frederic W.-editor. EARLY
MASSACHUSETTS MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1800. As Found on the Official Records of
Worcester County. First Book.. Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co. , 1968. Green cloth binding. There is some marking
to some text pages. Some pages have dog-earred edges. $19.50
2. Chapman, Jacob. A
GENEALOGY OF THE FOLSOM FAMILY: JOHN FOLMSOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 1615-1882.. Concord,
New Hampshire: Republican Press Associaton, 1882. 297 pages. Shelf wear to
binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners rubbed through. Front hinge
starting to crack, but holding. Some underlining in pencil to a dozen or so
pages. $25.00
3. Clark, Henry G. AN
ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE TH SUFFOLK DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY AT ITS THIRD
ANNIVERSARY MEETING, BOSTON, APRIL 24, 1852.. Boston:
Thurston, Torry & Emerson, 1852. First American edition. Printed wrappers.
Browning to page edges. There is a torn-away strip from the top of the front
wrapper. The topic of this address is "Superiority of Sanitary Measures
Over Quarantines". Includes a couple of illustrations. Most interesting
subject matter, wherein the author advocates using sanitary measures to prevent
the spread of disease. This was an early voice for these measures in the medical
community, as not as much was then known about germs and the spreadof infectious
diseases. $50.00
4. Eastlack, John Cawman. GLOUCESTER
COUNTY IN THE EIGHTEEN-FIFTIES (1850's): Being the Diary of John Cawman Eastlack..
Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical
Society, 1952. 103 pages. Softcovers with staple binding. There are a few tears
the paper spine and the former owner wrote some names and notes in red ink on
the front cover. A few text pages have underlining. $12.50
5. Essex Institute. VITAL
RECORDS OF GEORGETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1849.. Salem,
Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1928. 90 pages. Shelf wear to spine and corners.
$25.00
6. King, Moses. KING'S
HANDBOOK OF BOSTON. . Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Moses King, 1885. 387 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. Nice pictorial cover and numerous woodcut illustrations. Fold-out map
of Boston inside the back cover. $45.00
7. Plummer, Albert. HISTORY
OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. (Massachusetts). Boston:
New England Druggist Publishing, 1907. 133 pages. Shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine and corners. Front hinge starting. Some soiling to covers.
Rare. $125.00
8. Plymouth Colony. Catalogue
of the Historical Collection and Pictures in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth.. Plymouth,
Massachusetts: Plymouth Pilgrim Society, 1903. 63 pages. Softbound brown covers.
There is wear to the cover images and some soiling to the covers. $10.00