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Hassanamesit

Worcester County · dedicated 1930 · Route 140, Grafton Common · location approximate

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John Eliot established here in 1651 a village of Christian Indians called Hassanamesit—"at a place of small stones." It was the home of James the Printer who helped Eliot to print the Indian Bible.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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