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More information Thomas Jefferson's Granddaughter in Queen Victoria's England: The Travel Diary of Ellen Wayles Coolidge, 1838-1839
Edited by Ann Lucas Birle and Lisa A. Francavilla
Hardcover: 464 pages, 22 color and 13 b&w illustrations and 2 maps, notes, index (2011)
Order from Barnes and Noble or an independent bookstore near you


$45 cloth    ISBN: 978-1-936520-02-2





More information The Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society
Text by Judith S. Graham, Margaret A. Hogan, Ondine Le Blanc, Gregg L. Lint, C. James Taylor.
Paperback: 42 pages; 75 color illustrations (2008)

$20.00 paper    ISBN: 978-0-934909-92-1





More information My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor
528 pages; 19 color and 9 b&w illustrations (2007)

$35.00 cloth    ISBN: 978-0-674-02606-3





More information The Education of Henry Adams: A Centennial Version
Edited by Edward Chalfant and Conrad Edick Wright
542 pages, 7 x 10 (2007)
Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

$34.95 cloth    ISBN: 978-0-934-909-91-4





More information Selected Journals of Caroline Healey Dall, Volume 1: 1838-1855
Edited by Helen R. Deese
648 pages, 6 x 9 12 b&w illustrations
Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

$75.00 cloth    ISBN: 0-934909-90-3





More information Emerson Bicentennial Essays
Edited by Ronald A. Bosco and Joel Myerson
512 pages, 6 ills., notes, index (2006)
Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

$60.00 cloth    ISBN: 0-934909-89-X





More information The Papers of Robert Treat Paine, volume III
Edited by Edward W. Hanson
Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

$50.00    ISBN: 0934909865





More information Henry Adams and the Need to Know
by William Merrill Decker (Editor), Earl N. Harbert (Editor)
Hardcover: 383 pages
Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

$50.00    ISBN: 0934909873






More information World of John Winthrop: England And New England, 1588-1649
by Francis J. Bremer (Editor), L. A. Botelho (Editor)
Hardcover: 408 pages
Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

$50.00    ISBN: 0934909881






More information Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 7
by Adams Family, Margaret A. Hogan (Editor), C. James Taylor (Editor), Celeste Walker (Editor), Anne Decker Cecere (Editor), Gregg L. Lint (Editor), Hobson Woodward (Editor), Mary T. Claffey (Editor)
600 Pages
Belknap Press

$85.00    ISBN: 0674015746






More information A Woman's Wit and Whimsy: The 1833 Diary of Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy
edited and with an introduction by Beverly Wilson Palmer
8 illustrations/biographical directory/appendix/notes/index/192 pages
Distributed by the University Press of New England

$47.50 cloth    ISBN: 1555535755
$18.95 paper    ISBN: 1555535747






More information Buried from the World: Inside the Massachusetts State Prison, 1829-1831
edited with an introduction by Philip F. Gura
Pp. lxxii, 260, 8 ills., notes, index (2002)
Distributed by The University of Virginia Press.

$30.00 cloth    ISBN: 0934909792






More information Declarations of Independence
introduction by Pauline Maier
Pp. 32, 19 ill., bib (2003)

$5.00 paper    ISBN: 0934909830





More information Faces of Community: Immigrant Massachusetts, 1860-2000
edited by Reed Ueda and Conrad Edick Wright
Pp. 269, 7 ill., notes, index (2002)
Distributed by the University of Virginia Press.

$22.50 paper    ISBN: 0934909822
$50.00 cloth    ISBN: 0934909806






More information New Year in Cuba: Mary Gardner Lowell's Travel Diary, 1831-1832
edited with an introduction by Karen Robert
Pp. x, 208, 8 ill., notes, bib., index (2003)
Distributed by University Press of New England.

$45.00 cloth    ISBN: 1555535593
$17.95 paper    ISBN: 1555535585






More information The Ice King: Frederic Tudor and His World
by Stanley Paterson and Carl Seaburg. Edited by Alan Seaburg
Pp. 256 pages, 23 ill., notes, index (2003)
Published with and distributed by Mystic Seaport.

$24.95 paper    ISBN: 0939510804






More information Francis Blake: An Inventor's Life, 1850-1913
by Elton W. Hall
Pp. 232, 21 ill., notes, index (2003)
Distributed by the University of Virginia Press.

$30.00 cloth    ISBN: 0934909849






Index of Books

The Massachusetts Historical Society produces many quality publications, all illuminating the history of the state and the nation. Since it sells its books through a variety of distributors, you may have to order different items from separate sources; please note the titles you want and the name of the appropriate vendor before moving to its website.


The Adams Papers
A comprehensive published edition of the manuscripts of the Adams family. Please visit the pages describing The Adams Papers Published Volumes for detailed information.
Catalogs
Useful overviews of items in the MHS collections presented in catalog format; several generously illustrated.
Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Definitive documentary editions of manuscripts from the Society's collections.
Monographs
Paperback and hardcover publications illuminating selected topics related to MHS collections. Many designed for young readers.
New England Women's Diaries Project
A series of women's diaries selected from the archives and published for the general reader and classroom use.
Sibley's Harvard Graduates
Reference series of biographical sketches of students who attended Harvard College. The most recent addition is volume 18, Classes 1772-1774.
Studies in American History and Culture
Anthologies presenting a selection of current critical essays on topics central to the study of American history.
Winthrop Papers
Ongoing documentary edition of the papers of the Winthrop family.


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