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selected primary sources All primary sources are cited in full in the notes. Arranged geographically, this listing includes primary sources referring to and/or originating from governmental records on all levels in England and North America, 1600–1800. great britain Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series. London: Public Record Office, 1933; repr. London : Kraus, 1964. Journals of the House of Commons. London: House of Commons, 1803. An Index to Changes of Name Under Authority of Act of Parliament or Royal Licence and Including Irregular Changes from 1 George III to 64 Victoria, 1760–101. Ed. W. Phillimore and E. A. Fry. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. Great Britain, Public Record Office. Naval Office Shipping Lists for Massachusetts, 1686– 1765. Microform edition. East Ardsley: Micro Methods, 1968. Proceedings and Debates of the British Parliaments Respecting North America. Ed. Leo Francis Stock. 5 vols. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1924–41; repr. New York: Kraus, 1966–1970. Town Records Registers of Askham in the County of Westmoreland from 1566 to 1812. Ed. Mary E. Noble. London: Bemrose, 1904. Parish Records of Hollesley, Suffolk. Accessible at Ancestry.com. Horringer Parish Records: Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558–1850. Woodbridge, Mass.: George Booth, 1900. Minutes of the Mayoralty Court of Norwich, vol. 15: 1630–1631. Ed. William Sachse. Norwich : Norfolk Record Society, 1942. The Register of the Parish of Walton-le-Dale in the County of Lancaster: Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages 160–1812. Transcribed by Gerald E. C. Clayton. Wigan, UK: Lancashire Parish Register Society, 1910. 340 selected primary sources north america Connecticut Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636–1776. Ed. J. Hammond Trumbull and Charles J. Hoadly. 15 vols. Hartford, Conn.: Lockwood and Brainard, 1850–1890. The True-Blue Laws of Connecticut and New Haven, and the False Blue Laws Forged by Peters. Ed. J. Hammond Trumbull. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company , 1876. The Earliest Laws of the New Haven and Connecticut Colonies, 163–1673. Wilmington, Del.: M. Glazier, 1977. Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, 1638–164. Ed. Charles J. Hoadly. Hartford, Conn.: Case, Tiffany, 1857. Ancient Town Records of New Haven, 164–176. 3 vols. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1917–62. Maryland Archives of Maryland. Ed. William Hand Browne et al. Baltimore, 1883–97. Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Records of the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England. Ed. Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff. 5 vols. Boston: W. W. White, 1853. Records of the Court of Assistants of The Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630–162. 3 vols. New York: AMS Press, 1973. The Book of The General Lawes and Libertys Concerning the Inhabitants of Massachusetts. Cambridge, 1660. Facsimile edited by John D. Cushing. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1976. The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay. 21 vols. Boston: Wright and Potter, 1869–1922. Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: Adams, Rhoades and Co., 1811; repr. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1828. Massachusetts Archives. Microfilm edition. 327 vols. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Archives Edition; Stoughton, Mass.: Graphic Microfilm, 1973. ‘‘The Ship Register, 1697–1714,’’ vol. 7. List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts, 1780–1883. Boston, 1885. The Massachusetts Tax Valuation Lists of 1771. Ed. Bettye Hobbs Pruitt. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1978. Grand Summaries, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Archives. [18.218.127.141] Project MUSE (2024-04-23 16:08 GMT) selected primary sources 341 Valuation of Towns, 1784. Massachusetts Archives. Microfilm edition. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Archives Edition, reel 噛162. Valuation of Towns, 1786. Massachusetts Archives. Microfilm edition. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Archives Edition, reel 噛163. Massachusetts and Maine Direct Tax Census of 178. Microfilm edition. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1979. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, 1620–162. Ed. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer. 12 vols. Boston: White, 1855–61. county records Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Ed. George F. Dow. 8 vols. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911–21. WPA transcripts. Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, 1638–1840. Ed. W. P. Upham. 16 vols. LatterDay Saints Genealogical Library, accessible at www.ancestry.com and www.genealo gy.com. Records of the Suffolk County Court, 1671–1680. 2 vols. Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts [Collections, vols. 29–30], 1933. Suffolk County Court Files, 1629–1799. Microfilm edition. 1671 reels, 1,289...

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