Redemption Rock

Redemption Rock is a Massachusetts historical marker in Princeton, Worcester County, dedicated 1930.

Route 64, near East Princeton, Princeton · location approximate

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Upon the rock 50 feet west of this spot Mary Rowlandson, wife of the first minister of Lancaster, was redeemed from captivity under King Philip. The narrative of her experience is one of the classics of colonial literature.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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1899 · Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1920 · Rand McNally official 1920 auto trails map (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1940 · Sterling, Massachusetts (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1942 · Sterling, Massachusetts (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1946 · Sterling, Massachusetts (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts, 1899, covering the location of Redemption Rock, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts, 1899, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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

Redemption Rock

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