Who We Are

    Founded in 1892, the Colonial Society of Massachusetts is a non-profit educational foundation designed to promote the study of Massachusetts history from earliest settlement through the first decades of the nineteenth century.

    The chief business of the Colonial Society is to publish documents related to the early history of Massachusetts. All ninety-one volumes of the Society’s publications are freely available to the public either for download or consultation through this website. (See Publications for a complete list.)

    Volumes 90 and 91, the latest publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, edited by James B. Bell, are now available online. (See Publications page.) Hardback versions of the book are most readily available through Amazon.

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    Forthcoming Publications

    The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, Vol. 2, 1767-1769
    edited by John W. Tyler and Elizabeth Dubrulle
    The Memoirs of Josiah Cotton & Allied Documents
    edited by Douglas Winiarski
    The Papers of Francis Bernard, Vol. 6
    edited by Colin Nicolson
    The Diary of William Bentley, Vol. 1
    edited by Thomas Knoles

    Next Meeting

    April 16, 2020 at 3:00PM

    Jean O'Brien, Distinguished McKnight Professor and Northrup Professor, Department of History, University of Minnesota, will speak on "Monumental Memory: The Memory Work of Massasoit."

    News

    The next graduate student forum will take place 12 June 2020 at 87 Mount Vernon St. with Linda Kerber, Professor of History Emerita of the University of Iowa as moderator.