Town of Bolton, MA - The History of Bolton Massachusetts

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The History of Bolton Massachusetts

The history provided here is taken from the 1998 Historical Properties Survey prepared for the Bolton Historical Commission by Anne McCarthy Forbes, Preservation Consultant. That work was, in turn, based on an earlier inventory of properties prepared by Esther K. Whitcomb.

The index shown below provides quick links to articles describing each era of Bolton's history.

Article	Article
Introduction	Early Industrial Period (1831-1872)
Contact and Plantation Periods (1500-1675)	Late Industrial Period (1873-1914)
First Settlement Period (1676-1738)	Early Modern Period (1915-1945)
Colonial Period (1739-1775)	Late Modern Period (1945-present)
Federal Period (1776-1830)
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