Finding Massachusetts State Court Records and Briefs State court records and briefs usually have a limited distribution. Documents submitted in a case are often kept at the courthouse or a record center and some local libraries in the area may have a collection of Massachusetts records and […]
Education in Massachusetts History History For cities of above 8000 inhabitants (for which alone comparative statistics are annually available), in 1902-1903 the ratio of average attendance to school enrolment, the average number of days’ attendance of each pupil enrolled, and the value of […]
Governors of Plymouth Colony Chosen annually by the people John Carver (Period: 1620-1621 ) William Bradford (Period: 1621-1633 ) Edward Winslow (Period: 1633-1634 ) Thomas Prence (or Prince) (Period: 1634-1635 ) William Bradford (Period: 1635-1636 ) Edward Winslow […]
Before 1910 It is possible that the coasts of Massachusetts were visited by the Northmen, and by the earliest navigators who followed Cabot, but this is only conjecture. In 1602 Bartholomew Gosnold landed at and named Cape Cod and coasted as far south as the present No-Man’s Land, which he […]
Public Institutions History Massachusetts was in 1903, in proportion to the population, more richly provided with public collections of books … Read more
History Representative government goes back to 1634, and the bicameral legislature to 1644. The constitution of 1780, which still endures (the only remaining state constitution of the 18th century), was framed in the main by Samuel Adams, and as an embodiment of colonial experience and […]
Pulic Finance History Massachusetts is a very rich state, and Boston a very wealthy city. The debt of the state … Read more
History Already by 1660 New England products were an “important element in the commerce and industries of the mother country” (Weeden). Codfish was perhaps the truest basis of her commerce, which soon came to include the West Indies, Africa and southern Europe. Of fundamental importance was […]
Massachusetts Executive Orders List of Massachusetts Executive Orders Massachusetts Executive Orders First Series. Dates: 1941-1949. Governors: Saltonstall, Tobin, Bradford Massachusetts Executive Orders 1-49. Dates: 1950-1966. Governors: Dever, Herter, Furcolo, Volpe, Peabody […]
Massachusetts Agency and Commission Opinions and Bulletins Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission: Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission Decisions , 2009-date. Appellate Tax Board: Tax Appeal Decisions, 2000-date. Automatic Sprinkler Appeals Board: Decisions. Automatic Sprinkler […]