HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS,

BEING A

GENERAL COLLECTION OF INTERESTING FACTS, TRADITIONS,
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, ANECDOTES, &c.,

RELATING TO THE

HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES

OF

EVERY TOWN IN MASSACHUSETTS,

WITH

GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS.

ILLUSTRATED BY 200 ENGRAVINGS.

BY JOHN WARNER BARBER,

AUTHOR OF CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, ELEMENTS OF GENERAL HIS-