Scope and Content: From 1790 to 1837, population censuses in Massachusetts were limited to those taken decennially by the federal government under constitutional provision.  Starting in 1837 the General Court authorized state decennial censuses to supplement the federal ones, for determining representation in the legislature and other purposes.  These state censuses have been conducted by authority of constitutional and statutory provisions under the auspices of the secretary of the Commonwealth.  St 1865, c 146 provided for an additional decennial gathering of industrial statistics of cities and towns in the Commonwealth.  The secretary issued printed blank tables to city and town  officials for recording information.  The enumeration itself was made under the officials’ authority and these returns were sent to the secretary’s office where they were abstracted for use by the legislature.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by municipality
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