Town of Hingham Massachusetts - Town Government & Services, Departments: Historical Commission

"When I Think of Hingham"
by Michael J. Shilhan

A wonderful compilation of historical photographs accompanied by the stories that go along with them. "A book that truly captures, often with humor, the very best of Hingham" - The Hingham Journal

Available at the Town Clerk´s Office, 781-741-1410, or the Historical Commission´s Office, 781-741-1492, for $41.95 (tax included)

"Not All is Changed"
by Lorena Laing Hart
and Francis Russell Hart

A thorough social history of Hingham, from its founding through 1990. Complete with many maps, photographs and illustrations.

Available at the Town Clerk´s Office, 781-741-1410, or the Historical Commission´s Office, 781-741-1492, for $41.95 (tax included)

"Out of the Ordinary"
Recipes From the
Hingham Historical Society

The Old Ordinary was, in past centuries, a wayside eating place for New England travelers. This tradition of hospitality is carried on in this book with recipes not only from Hingham, Massachusetts, but also from the much older town of Hingham, England, and the younger Hinghams in Montana and Wisconsin.

Available at the Town Clerk´s Office for $17.80 (tax included), 781-741-1410, or the Hingham Historical Society, 781-749-7721.

The War Years Remembered, Memories of Hingham in Wartime Book Jacket

"The War Years Remembered"
Memories of Hingham in Wartime
By Peg Blackmur Charlton

Available at the Shipyard Marina and Bowl & Board for $13.60 (including tax).

Historic Stroll Guide to Buildings picture of guide

Lincoln Historic District
Historic Stroll - Guide to Buildings

This brochure includes a street map and descriptions of historical buildings and the Hingham cemetery. Enjoy a stroll through the streets of historical Hingham with this informative companion.

Available at the Town Clerk´s Office, Hingham Town Hall, 210 Central Street for $1.00.

Links to the complete text of documents relating to Hingham history and Hingham people

(Listed chronologically by date)

Winthrop’s Journal on the History of New England 1630-1649 (Vol. II) pp. 229-245
John Winthrop, Ed. By Hosmer (1908)

Magnalia Christi Americana – The Life of Mr. Peter Hobart ( pp. 497-502)
Cotton Mather (1702)

Oration delivered before the citizens of Hingham on the 4th of July, 1826
Solomon Lincoln (1826)

History of the Town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Solomon Lincoln, Jr. (1827)

The Genealogy of the Spragues in Hingham
Hosea Sprague (1828)

Letter to Governor Levi Lincoln in relation to Harvard University
Francis C. Gray (1831)

History of Scituate, Massachusetts from its first settlement to 1831
Samuel Deane (1831)

Solomon Lincoln’s Bi-Centennial Address To the Town
Solomon Lincoln, Jr. (1835)

Speech of Mr. Levi Lincoln, Jr. of Massachusetts in Congress on Slavery Issue
Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1837)

Address delivered by Joseph Richardson at 50th year of his Ministry
Richardson (1856)

John Beal of Hingham, and One Line of Descendants
Shurtleff (1865)

History of the Town of Abington
Benjamin Hobart, (1866)

Sketch of the Official Life of John Andrew, and His Farewell Address
Albert Gallatin Browne (1868)

A Genealogical History of the Descendents of Joseph Peck
Ira Peck (1868)

Discourse Delivered to the First Parish in Hingham on Reopening of the Meeting-House
Calvin Lincoln (1869)

The Town of Hingham in the Late Civil War
Burr, Lincoln (1876)

Genealogy of the Cushing Family
Lemuel Cushing (1877)

Commemorative Services at the First Parish on Its 200th Anniversary
By the Parish (1882)

The New England Magazine (Stories on Hingham & John Andrew) (pp. 258-265; pp. 140-146)
Francis Lincoln (1885)

History of Shipbuilding on the North River
l. Vernon Briggs (1889)

Tower Genealogy, an Account of the Descendants of John Tower
Charlemagne Tower, (1891)

Record of the Rust Family that settled in Hingham, 1634-1635
(1891)

Proceedings of American Antiquarian Society, (P. 438 et seq) – Brief of Levi Lincoln Sr. before Chief Justice William Cushing on status of slavery under new Massachusetts Constitution (1781)
A.A. Society (1892)

History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts
George Lincoln, et als, (1893)
Vol. I, Part 1 (Historical)

Vol. l, Parts 1 and 2 (Historical) Large pdf file (Boston Pub. Library)

Vol. I, Parts 1 and 2 (Historical) smaller streaming flip file (Boston Pub. Library)

Vol. II (Genealogical)

Vol. III (Genealogical)

Tourists’ Guide to Hingham, etc. (pp. 1-29)
Old Colony Railroad (1893)

Steven Gates of Hingham and his Descendents
Charles O. Gates (1893)

Our Colonial Homes (pp. 105-115)
Drake, (1894)

After Dinner and Other Speeches
John D. Long (1897)

A History of the Boston Base Ball Club (mentioning Fred Lake & Mike Kelly)
George Touhey (1897)

A Narrative History of the Town of Cohasset, Massachusetts
Edward V. Bigelow (1898)

Thomas Joy and his Descendents
James Joy (1900)

History of the Pilgrim Shore (Hingham, at pp. 86 et seq)
Edmund H. Garrett (1900)

Life in a New England Town, 1787-1788
From the Diary of John Quincy Adams, (Pub. 1903)

The Craftsman (Account of Hingham Arts & Crafts Society) see p. 276 et seq.)
United Crafts (1904)