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Title: Chart of the harbors of Salem, Marblehead, Beverly and Manchester.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3520; APSdigobj3520
Description: Presented and endorsed by Nathaniel Bowditch, 20 October 1809.
Creator: Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838 Burchmore, George Ropes, William III
Source: APS.Printed.Maps;
Subject: Maps; Massachusetts; Harbors
Date: [27 June 1806]

Title: Salem harbor, Massachusetts.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3522; APSdigobj3522
Description: Presented by the U.S. Treasury Department through A. D. Bache, 6 March 1857.
Creator: Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 Boutelle, C. O. Whiting, H. L. McBlair, C. H. Mahon, C. Farquahar, C.
Source: APS.Printed.Maps;
Subject: Maps; Massachusetts; Measured drawings
Date: 1855

Title: III(14D12b) Massachusetts, "Prehistoric Cremation at Grassy Island, Taunton River, Massachusetts"
Identifier(s): text:299116
Description: Typescript draft, " "Prehistoric Cremation at Grassy Island, Taunton River, Massachusetts." Describes the disturbance and archaeological investigation of an Indigenous burial site, with speculation on findings. Previous description: "Account of and speculation on an ancient burial." NOTE: this item describes the disturbance of Indigenous human remains, but does not contain images.
Creator: Delabarre, Edmund Burke, 1863-1945et al
Subject: Archaeology; Massachusetts--History; Wampanoag Indians
Date: undated

Title: Brief History of Group 63
Identifier(s): text:143569
Description: A history of the work done by Precision Group 63 at the M.I.T. Radiation Laboratory.
Subject: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory.
Date: 1946-06-26

Title: Council of Massachusetts to Thomas Chase, 1778 December 25
Identifier(s): text:232372
Description: Directed to inform him that the Council recommend it to him to satisfy certain just demands of the Selectmen of various towns, who have as yet received no pay for providing him with teams, drivers, etc., for the use of the army.
Creator: Massachusetts. Councilet al
Subject: Massachusetts. Council; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Date: 1778-12-25

Title: III(14D14) Mashpee, Miscellaneous notes
Identifier(s): text:299186
Description: Brief genealogical notes on "Mrs. Fanny Perry, Wattupa Pond, near Fall River," plus short bibliographical note.
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al
Subject: Mashpee Indians; Wampanoag Indians; Massachusetts--History
Date: undated

Title: III(14D12a)
Identifier(s): text:299115
Description: Carbon copy of 1943 article by Speck; also letter of C. A. Weslager (Archaeological Society of Delaware) to Speck, urging him to write general book on "remnant Indians."
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al; Weslager, C. A. (Clinton Alfred), 1909-1994et al
Subject: Massachusetts--History; Massachuset Indians; Wampanoag Indians
Date: 1943

Title: The State of Massachusetts. Compiled from the best Authorities by Samuel Lewis, 1795
Identifier(s): graphics:10292
Description: 1 of 45 maps in folio.
Subject: Guthrie, W. K. C. (William Keith Chambers), 1906-; Maps; Massachusetts
Date: 1795

Title: III(14D12c) Massachusetts, Landing of Pilgrims
Identifier(s): text:299117
Description: Notes (5 p.) on Middleboro, Massachusetts; program booklet for "The Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims, 1620-1920." issued by the Provincetown Tercentennary Committee.
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al
Subject: Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony); Massachusetts--History; Wampanoag Indians
Date: 1906, 1920

Title: Survey across the Isthmus of Cape Cod state of Massachusetts and town of Sandwich of a proposed canal between Buzzard's and Barnstable bays. 1825.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3521; APSdigobj3521
Description: Presented by General Daniel Parker, 1 January 1833.
Creator: Perrault Searle, Frederick Thompson, W. B. (William Beverhout), 1804 or 5-1867 Farley, John
Source: APS.Printed.Maps;
Subject: Maps; Massachusetts; Cape Cod (Mass.); Canals; Canal construction
Date: 1825

Title: Dighton rock
Identifier(s): graphics:3711; APSimg7070
Description: Color lithograph by Ackerman of drawing by Seth Eastman of petroglyphs from 1790 and 1837, Massachusetts.; Volume 1, plate 36; Funding provided by: Getty Foundation
Creator: Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Source: Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States (970.1.Sch6); http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=188843
Subject: Native American Images; Indians of North America--Massachusetts
Date: 1851

Title: Winner of Average Family class, Fitter Families Contest, Eastern States Exposition, 1925-1926.
Identifier(s): graphics:1679; APSimg1521; Negative Number: 870.074
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of winner of Average Family Class, Fitter Families Contest, Eastern States Exposition, 1925-26. Family of husband and wife, three boys, and one girl.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 074
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Eastern States Exposition; Fairs--Massachusetts--West Springfield; Fitter Family Contests; Massachusetts; Kenneth C. MacArthur family
Date: ca.1925

Title: Powell, Jeremiah to Managers of the United States Lottery, 1778 May 06; Powell, Jeremiah. ALS to Managers of the United States Lottery
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7447
Description: American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Massachusetts. Council
Date: 1778-05-06; 2022

Title: Exhibit and examination tent, Fitter Families Contest, Eastern States Exposition.
Identifier(s): graphics:1640; APSimg1503; Negative Number: 870.056
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of exhibit and examination tent, Fitter Families Contest, Eastern States Exposition.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 056
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Eastern States Exposition; Fairs--Massachusetts--West Springfield; Fitter Family Contests
Date: ca. 1925

Title: Powell, Jeremiah to the President of the Board of Managers of the United States Lottery, 1779 May 20; Powell, Jeremiah. ALS to the President of the Board of Managers of the United States Lottery
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7658
Description: Jeremiah Powell sends tickets back to the United States Lottery.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Massachusetts. Council
Date: 1779-05-20; 2022

Title: Dollars and Sense - Correspondence, 1974, 1978
Identifier(s): text:347080
Subject: Morison, Elting E. (Elting Elmore); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Economics; DDT (Insecticide); Environmentalism--United States
Date: 1974-1978

Title: Interior of exhibit and examination tent, Fitter Families Contest, Eastern States Exposition.
Identifier(s): graphics:1667; APSimg1506; Negative Number: 870.059
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of interior of exhibit and examination tent, Fitter Families Contest, Eastern States Exposition, view 1. Man standing with hands in pockets near row of cubicles with exhibit tags.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 059
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Eastern States Exposition; Fairs--Massachusetts--West Springfield; Fitter Family Contests
Date: ca. 1925

Title: State of Massachusetts. Compiled from the best authorities, [1795]
Identifier(s): graphics:10280
Description: The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography were compiled." This is one of those maps. See: William Guthrie, The general atlas for Carey's edition of his geography improved. (Philadelphia: Carey: 1795). Wheat: 213. See: M. Carey, Carey's American atlas. Philadelphia: Carey, 1796, no. 5. Provenance: Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Massachusetts; Maps.; Guthrie, William, 1708-1770.; United States--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Date: 1795

Title: Interior of exhibit and examination tent, Fitter Families Contest, Eastern States Exposition.
Identifier(s): graphics:1653; APSimg1507; Negative Number: 870.060
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of interior of exhibit and examination tent, Fitter Families Contest, Eastern States Exposition, view 2. Man looking at shelf at left; two women and man looking at papers in background near doorway labeled "History."; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 060
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Eastern States Exposition; Fairs--Massachusetts--West Springfield; Fitter Family Contests
Date: ca. 1925

Title: By the great and general court of the Colony of Massachusett's-Bay : A proclamation.
Identifier(s): : Paine 73 M38b
Description: Proclamation of the Massachusetts General Court outlining the structure of a new governing body, by Perez Morton, secretary, William Cooper, speaker, and sixteen other members.
Creator: Massachusetts General Court
Subject: Massachusetts General Court; Foster, Jedediah, 1726-1779; Gill, Moses, 1734-1800
Date: 1776