Scope and Content: The state secretary, as record keeper for Massachusetts, was during the early years of the Commonwealth periodically directed by the legislature in various efforts to preserve, arrange, and inventory public records and state papers.  Series consists of schedules and lists of records produced as the result of such efforts, up to the time of the organization of these materials into what is now known as the Massachusetts archives collection ((M-Ar)45X), by Joseph B. Felt and others, pursuant to legislative resolves of the General Court from 1836 and later years (see item (10) below).  Ten such lists have been identified, represented here either by the originals, or, in the case of those already belonging to other record series, by photocopies.  Accompanying each item are photocopies of enabling legislation and/or other relevant documentation.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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