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1171. Massachusetts Metropolitan Water Works Wachusett Reservoir Land Survey Plans Indexing Real Estate Photographs, 1896-1898

This collection represents a photograph index documented on land survey plans of 1,432 real estate photographs of the Massachusetts Metropolitan Water Works (MWW) taking of land for the Wachusett Reservoir between 1896 and 1898. The Massachusetts Metropolitan Water Board took land in the towns... more

1176. The Massachusetts Spy

In 1754, six-year-old Isaiah Thomas was apprenticed to Boston printer Zechariah Fowle when Zechariah’s brother Daniel was unjustly arrested and held for several days for printing a satirical pamphlet that criticized the Province of Massachusetts Bay’s Great and General Court. "Living in the... more