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Surely the Colonial Society's greatest contribution to scholarship
in early American history has been its many publications. Beginning
in 1896, they appear under two headings: either Transactions or
Collections. The Transactions contain records of the Society's
activities, membership, meetings, papers either read or transmitted
by title, memoranda, documents, and memoirs of deceased members.
Collections consist of primary source material or the proceedings
of conferences.
The Transactions that appeared prior to World War II (vol. 1
through vol. 34) contain in addition to the above listed material,
a rich feast of notes and remarks regarding papers and artifacts
brought in for exhibit and discussion at meetings. The last volume
of Transactions (vol. 43) appeared in 1966. Transactions volumes
average about 500 pages, and each is provided with an index. Since
1966, the Society has focused increasingly on documentary publications
and the proceedings of its scholarly conferences.
How to Order CSM Publications
Vol. 68, The Printed Catalogues
of the Harvard College Library, 1723-1790, is only available
from our distributors, Oak Knoll Books, 310 Delaware St., New
Castle, DE 19720, 1-800-996-2556, oakknoll@oakknoll.com.
Vol. 69, The Eighteenth Century Records
of the Boston Overseers of the Poor
Vol. 70, New England Silver
and Silversmithing, 1620-1815
Vol. 71 Reinterpreting New England
Indians and the Colonial Experience
Vol. 72 The Colonial Church
Records of the First Church of Reading
(Wakefield) and the First Church of Rumney Marsh (Revere)
Vol. 74 Maxims for a Patriot:Josiah
Quincy Junior and His Commonplace Book
can be ordered through the University Press of Virginia, P.O.
Box 400318,
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4318, 1-800-831-3406, upressva@virginia.edu.
All other publications not marked
OP (Out of Print) in the Backlist included below are only
available directly from the Society; please contact Elaine Paul,
Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 87 Mount Vernon St., Boston,
MA 02108 or email us at epaulfs@earthlink.net. Please add $10 for the first book, and $5 for each additional book for shipping and handling.
Book Sale for Members and their Guests
On Thursday, May 15, 2008 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Society’s house at 87 Mount
Vernon Street, Boston, there will be a one-day sale at deep discounts of the Colonial
Society of Massachusetts long backlist (titles dating from 1910 to 1995).
This special sale is open to members and their guests. Volumes will be priced at $10, $5, and $1. Cash or check only. Sorry, no credit cards. Quantities are limited.
To view the backlist, with tables of contents, click here: Check availability of past titles .
Excluded from the sale are all titles marked “Out of print,” “Contact UPressVA,”
“Contact Oak Knoll Books,” and The Complete Works of William Billings.
For the May 15, 2008 pricelist,
click here: Price list.
Light refreshments will be served.
During the book sale, at 3:00 p.m. there will be a Special Meeting of the Colonial Society, at which Daniel R. Coquillette, J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor, Boston College, and Lester Kissell Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, will speak on “Portrait of a Patriot: Josiah Quincy, Jr., and his Southern Journal.”
Professor Coquillette’s lecture will be open to the public. |
Forthcoming Publications
Forthcoming publications include:
- Portrait of a Patriot: The Major Political and Legal
Papers of Josiah Quincy Jr., edited by Daniel R. Coquillette
and Neil L. York
Vol. 3 The Southern Journal
Vols. 4 and 5 - A newly annotated edition of The Reports
of Cases Argued
and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province
of
Massachusetts Bay Between 1761 and 1772
- Saints' Memorials: The Elegy in New England, edited
by Ronald A. Bosco
- The Collected letters of John Cotton, Jr., 1640-1699,
edited by Sheila McIntyre and Len Travers
- The Select Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, 1741-1774,
edited by John W. Tyler
- The Correspondence of Sir Francis Bernard, edited by
Colin Nicolson
- The Letter and Account Books of John Hull, edited
by David
Hancock and Mark Peterson
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