The Town of Roxbury was one of the first towns founded in Massachusetts in 1630. In 1846 it was incorporated as a city. In 1851, the western part of the city, roughly the current neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and West Roxbury, left Roxbury to become the Town of West Roxbury. In 1868 the city was annexed by the City of Boston. Below are links to documents produced by the City of Roxbury.
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This is by no means an exhaustive list of government information available on Roxbury. For example, the Boston Redevelopment Authority produced many documents on the Washington Park project.
Roxbury Land and Church Records (from the Record Commissioner's Reports, covers the period 1639-1717 for land records, 1630-1673 for church records.)
Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1850, volume 1, volume 2.
AN2.M4R87 | Bay State/Boston Banner | Weekly, Black | Sep 25, 1965-Mar 27, 2008; Apr 3, 2008-- |
AN2.M4D55x | Dorchester-Roxbury Record | Weekly | Feb 27, 1941-May 15, 1969; [1941-43]; [1946-49] |
AN2.M4R88 | Mutual Advertiser | Apr 4- Aug 8, 1846 | |
AN2.M4B639 | Norfolk County Journal (with Boston Home Journal) | Weekly | Oct 6, 1849-Jan 4, 1868 |
AN2.M4R92 | Roxbury Advertiser | Weekly | Mar 18, 1848- Mar 10, 1849; Nov 3- Dec 29, 1849 |
AN2.M4R925 | Roxbury Advocate | Weekly | Dec 9, 1882- Nov 27, 1886 |
AN2.M4R933 | Roxbury Citizen (and South End Citizen) | Weekly | Mar 26, 1936- Dec 30, 1963 |
AN2.M4R949 | Roxbury Gazette | Weekly | [Aug 14, 1847- May 11, 1850] |
AN2.M4R95 | Roxbury Gazette (and South End Advertiser) | Weekly | May 1, 1861- Dec 30, 1905; Jan 7- Dec 30, 1911; Jan 4- Dec 27, 1913; Jan 4, 1919- Dec 25, 1920; Jan 7- Dec 30, 1922; Jan 5, 1924- Dec 31, 1926; Jan 6, 1939- Dec 26, 1946; Jul 2, 1948- Dec 29, 1960 |
AN2.M4B6533 | Mission Hill Gazette | April 1993-Oct 2006 | |
AN2.M4B6535 | Mission Hill Good News | Weekly | 1971-1983 |