PLACE IN MASSACHUSETTS
HISTORY
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Massachusetts
Research Journals
Common-place:
The Interactive Journal of Early American Life,
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester, MA 01609
"The
Great Migration Newsletter”,
c/o New England Historic Genealogy Society
101 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116-3087
Historical
Journal of Massachusetts,
Institute for Massachusetts Studies
Westfield State College
Westfield, MA 01086
Massachusetts
Historical Society Proceedings,
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
Also publishes The
Massachusetts Historical Review
See www.masshist.org
for more details.
New
England Quarterly,
239 Meserve Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02120
“The
Dukes County Intelligencer”, Journal of History
of Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands.
Published quarterly by the Martha's Vineyard Historical
Society, P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539.
Note: Vol 41, No. 3 (February 2000) has articles
on 2O0 years of Indian schools and the
rise and fall of the whaling industry.
