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Last updated January 7, 2010


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. $20.00

2. Barnstable County. THREE CENTURIES OF THE CAPE COD COUNTY: BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 1685 TO 1985. Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Barnstable County: 1985. 437 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. $17.50

3. 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. $45.00

4. 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

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. 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. $145.00

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