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| The Massachusetts Archives Collection contains 328 volumes about early Massachusetts history (1629-1799). It is also called the Felt Collection. Rev. Joseph Felt organized most of the collection in the 1830s; the last third was added in the late nineteenth century.<ref>"Massachusetts Archives Collection," ''Massachusetts Archives'' (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc : accessed 26 May 2011), click Searchable Collections, Massachusetts Archives Collection Database, [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arccol/colmac.htm volume descriptions].</ref>
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| Access the collection at the Massachusetts Archive. Most of the collection is available on microfilm.
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| *Volumes 1-239 on {{FSC|1055547|item|disp=FS Library microfilm}}
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| *Volumes 240-328 on {{FSC|1050952|item|disp=FS Library microfilm}}
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| Several finding aids are available to help locate records of interest.
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| *Search the Archive's [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/RevolutionarySearchContects.html online index]. Only 18 of the 328 volumes are indexed.
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| *View an online list of [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arccol/colvol1.htm volumes 1-99].
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| *View an online list of [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arccol/colvol2.htm volumes 100-199].
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| *View an online list of [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arccol/colvol3.htm volumes 200-238].
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| *View the card index on {{FSC|285054|item|disp=FS Library microfilm}}
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| *Tables of content and name indexes are available for many of the volumes.
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| === Notes ===
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| [[Category:Massachusetts Archives and Libraries]]
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