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HISTORY
• Wood's New England's Prospect, William Wood, 1634 - 1764, Internet Archive | 1865 - HathiTrust | 2014 - Gutenberg } About - JSTOR
• The Memorial History of Boston including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880, Justin Winsor, 1881
Internet Archive: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4
• Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, William T. Davis, 1894
HathiTrust: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3
• A History of Boston: The Metropolis of Massachusetts, from Its Origin to the Present Period, Caleb H. Snow, 1828 - Internet Archive
• History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts containing carefully prepared Histories of every City and Town in the county - Samuel A. Drake, 1880 - Internet Archive: Vol. 1, Vol. 2
• History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Duane H.Hurd, 1884 - Internet Archive
• History of Essex County, Massachusetts with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men - Duane H. Hurd, 1888 - Internet Archive: Vol. 1, Vol. 2
• History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men - Duane H. Hurd, 1890 - Internet Archive: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3
• History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918, Louis A. Cook, 1918 - Internet Archive: Vol. 1, Vol. 2
• History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Duane Hurd, 1884 - Internet Archive
• Walks and rides in the country round about Boston, covering thirty-six cities and towns, parks and public reservations, within a radius of twelve miles from the State House, Edwin M. Bacon, 1898 - Internet Archive
• Historical Collections Relating to Every Town in Massachusetts, John W. Barber, 1844 - Google ebook
• A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc. in the City of Boston, City of Boston, 1910 - Google ebook
• Historical Data Relating to Counties, Cities and Towns in Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1920 - Google ebook
• Dictionary of American-Indian place and Proper Names in New England, Robert A. Douglas-Lithgow, 1909 - Internet Archive / Google ebook
• The Indian names of Boston, and their meaning, Eben N. Horsford, 1886 - Internet Archive
• The Story of the Boston basin at the Children's Museum, Erwin Raisz, 1931 - Internet Archive
• Indian Place Names of New England, John C. Huden, 1962 - Internet Archive
• American Myths & Legends, Vol.1, Vol. 2., Charles M. Skinner, 1903 - HathiTrust
• The Sachems of Massachusetts Bay (PDF), Ellen Knight, 2018 - Town of Winchester
• Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William R. Cutter, 1908 - HathiTrust: Vol. 1-4; Internet Archive: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4; Google ebook: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4
• Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Massachusetts., William R. Cutter, William F. Adams, 1910 - HathiTrust: Vol. 1-4; Internet Archive: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4; Google ebook: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4
• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, William R. Cutter, 1914 - HathiTrust: Vol. 1-4
• A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts, Elias Nason, 1874 - HathiTrust
• Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Massachusetts, Samuel A. Eliot, 1909 - HathiTrust: Vol. 1-9
• Historical Markers Erected by Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 - HathiTrust | Flickr
• A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts, Elias Nason, 1874 - HathiTrust
• A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts, Elias Nason, 1890 - Internet Archive
• The Crooked & Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston 1630-1822, Annie H. Thwing, 1920 - Internet Archive
• Work Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts, United States. Works Progress Administration, 1936 - Internet Archive
• Massachusetts, A Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration, 1937 - HathiTrust
• Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland, State Street Bank, 1921 - HathiTrust
• Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society - Maxwell Library, Bridgewater State University
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - USGS
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names - USGS
• Search Domestic Names - Geographic Names Information System - USGS
• Geographic Names - The National Map. - USGS
• Massachusetts, pg. 133. A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States, Bulletin 5, 1st edition, Henry Gannett, 1891 - HathiTrust / USGS (PDF)
• A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States, Bulletin 76, 2nd edition, Henry Gannett, 1891 - HathiTrust / USGS (PDF)
• A Geographic Dictionary of Massachusetts, Bulletin 116, Henry Gannett, USGS, 1894 - USGS (PDF) / HathiTrust
• Massachusetts, pg. 17, A Dictionary of Geographic Positions in the United States, Bulletin 123, Henry Gannett, USGS, 1895 - USGS (PDF) / HathiTrust
• Massachusetts, pg. 277, A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States, Bulletin 160, 3rd edition, Henry Gannett, 1899 - HathiTrust / USGS (PDF)
• Massachusetts, pg. 420, A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States, Bulletin 274, 4th edition, Henry Gannett, 1906 - HathiTrust / USGS (PDF)
• First Report of the United States Board of Geographic Names, 1890-1891, 1892 - HathiTrust
• Second Report of the United States Board of Geographic Names, 1890-1899, 1901 - HathiTrust
• Third Report of the United States Board of Geographic Names, 1890-1906, 1907 - HathiTrust
• Fourth Report of the United States Board of Geographic Names, 1890-1916, 1916 - HathiTrust
• Fifth Report of the United States Board of Geographic Names, 1890-1920, Charles S. Sloane, 1921 - HathiTrust
• Massachusetts, pg. 37, Index to the Fifth Report and Supplement (1920-1923) of the United States Board of Geographic Names, 1890-1920, 1924 - HathiTrust
• Sixth Report of the United States Board of Geographic Names, 1890-1932, 1933 - HathiTrust / USGS (PDF)
• The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, Henry Gannett, Bulletin 197, 1902 - HathiTrust / USGS (PDF)
• The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (2nd edition), Henry Gannett, Bulletin 258, 1905 - HathiTrust / USGS (PDF)
• A Guide to the Origin of Place Names in the United States - American Names, Henry Gannett, 1947 - HathiTrust
GEOLOGY/TOPOGRAPHY
• A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, 1871 - Google ebook / HathiTrust / Internet Archive
• Geology of the Boston Basin: Pt. 1 Nantasket and Cohasset, Pt. 2 Hingham, Pt. 3 Blue Hills Complex, William O. Crosby, 1900 - Internet Archive
• Geology of the Boston Basin: Pt. 1 Nantasket and Cohasset, Pt. 2 Hingham, Pt. 3 Blue Hills Complex, William O. Crosby, 1900 - HathiTrust / Google ebook
• The Geology of the Unconsolidated Sediments of Boston Harbor, Donald Phipps, Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, 1964 - DSpace@MIT
• Bedrock valleys of the New England coast as related to fluctuations of sea level, Joseph Edwin Upson, Charles Winthrop Spencer, 1964 - USGS
• Physical History of the Boston Basin, Teachers; School of Science Lecturers, William O. Crosby, 1880 - Internet Archive
• Boston Through the Ages, The Geological Story of Greater Boston, Irving B. Crosby, 1928 - Internet Archive
• Geology of the Boston Area Massachusetts, Laurence LaForge, 1932 - Internet Archive
• Field Lessons in the Geography and History of the Boston Basin, Everett L. Getchell, 1910 - HathiTrust
• Glacial Drift in Boston and its Vicinity, Warren Upham, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. 20, pg. 220, 1881 - Google ebook
• A Description of the Topographical Model of Metropolitan Boston, George C. Curtis, 1900 - Internet Archive
• Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 1844-1915 - HathiTrust
• Studies in New England Geology: A Memoir in Honor of C. Wroe Wolfe, Caleb Wroe Wolfe, Paul C. Lyons, Arthur H. Brownlow, Geological Society of America, 1976 - Google ebooks preview
• The Geology and Early History of the Boston Area of Massachusetts, A Bicentennial Approach (PDF), Clifford A. Kaye, 1976 - Library of Congress / Internet Archive
• Geology of the Boston Basin (PDF), Patrick Barosh, David Wiidhouse, Dec. 31, 2011 - Boston Civil Engineering Practice Journal
• Bedrock Geology of Boston Harbor: Cambridge Argillite and associated diabase sills amd debris flows (PDF), Peter Thompson, Joseph Kopera, Martin Ross, Richard Bailey, Margaret Thompson, 2014 - Wellesley College
• Boston Rocks! An exploration into the geology, land use and engineering of the Boston area
• The Massachusetts Geological Survey - Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts
• A Roxbury Review: Conglomerates of greater Boston (PDF), Margaret D. Thompson, Anne M. Grunow, Department of Geosciences - Wellesley College
• Conglomerate in and around the Boston Basin, Massachusetts (PDF), Margaret D. Thompson, Department of Geosciences - Wellesley College
• Shaping the Environment: Mapping, Moving and Bridging the Charles, Changing Course: The Charles River - Harvard College
• New England Geology and Soils Resources - Wentworth Institute of Technology
• Architectural Geology of Boston: The Roxbury Conglomerate (Puddingstone) Part I – The Tectonic Evolution and Journey of Avalonia, Written In Stone...seen through my lens
• Boston's Basin, Explore the Charles, Kathleen Rowe
• Boston Basin, Jonathan Wells Earth Exposure
• Roxxbost
• Boston Basin Geology
PARKS
• A Report Upon the Opportunities for Public Open Spaces in the Metropolitan District of Boston Massachusetts, Charles Eliot, Metropolitan Park Commission, 1892 - Google ebook
• Boston Park Guide, Including the Municipal and Metropolitan Systems of Greater Boston, Sylvester Baxter, Metropolitan Park Commission, 1898 - Google ebook / Internet Archive
• Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect, Charles W. Eliot, 1902 - Google ebook
• Emerald Metropolis (PDF), Karl Haglund, 1993 - Arnoldia, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
• Olmsted Archives, Frederick Law Olmsted - National Historic Site, National Park Service
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