History of the Town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

This book is especially valuable for the diversity of its contents and for the author's careful attention to detail. He presents, in a pleasantly readable manner, the town's physical features, its businesses and many lists of the people who lived there. There are census figures; an ecclesiastical history; court cases; civil affairs; descriptions of societies, militia, libraries, schools, and town expenses; and, biographical sketches.