Early Court Files of Suffolk, 1629-1800. A collection of files of colonial and provincial courts, of the Superior Court of Judicature held in the several counties, and of the Supreme Judicial Court. Several hundred volumes for the colonial and provincial periods.
Records of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, 1702-32. 4 vols., folio; and a volume of fragments, 1738-80.
Minute Books of the Court of General Sessions for the County of Suffolk, 1743-73. Fragments. 5 vols., folio.
Records of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assizes and General Goal Delivery in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1692-1780. 33 vols., folio. Vol. II also contains records of various courts, 1686-87.
Records of the Governor and Council, or of the Council, relating to Divorces, 1760-86. 1 vol., folio, marked "Divorce."
In the Boston Athenæum:
Records of the County Court of Suffolk County, October, 1671, to April, 1680.
In the New York State Library, Albany:
New York Colonial Manuscripts: Dutch, 1630-64; English, 1664-1776.
Marriage License Bonds, for the Provincial Period. Ca. 40 vols.
B. BOOKS AND ARTICLES
Adams, Charles Francis. Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, June, 1891. Cambridge, 1891.
——— Three Episodes of Massachusetts History. 2 vols. Boston, 1893.
Adams, Marion. Courtship and Marriage in Colonial New England. A Thesis in the History Department, Stanford University, 1897.
Albany, Annals of. Joel Munsell, compiler. 10 vols. Albany, 1850-59.