Eliot, John
August 5, 1604
Widford, Hertfordshire, England
May 20, 1690
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Puritan missionary
Portrait: John Eliot.
It is "absolutely necessary to carry on civility w...
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John Eliot (1604-1690), English-born clergyman of the first New England generation and missionary to the Massachusetts Native Americans, translated the Bible and other books into the Algonquian tongue...
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John Eliot, traditionally remembered as "the Apostle to the Indians," remains one of the most distinctive figures among the first-generation New England ministers, although his stature rests more on t...
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