Christian Commonwealth, 1659.

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Christian Commonwealth, 1659.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17641715

A ms. copy of John Eliot's treatise, "The Christian Commonwealth," which Eliot intended both as a model for establishing a means of governing Christian Native American communities and as a solution to Britain's domestic troubles.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6931085

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Eliot, John, 1604-1690

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John Eliot, styled "the Indian Apostle," was born in England, emigrated to the U.S. (Boston) in 1631 and died at Roxbury, Mass. He was the translator of the first Bible into the Indian (N.A.) language; known as Eliot's Indian Bible. From the description of Autograph signature to covenant, 1624 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615429 Clergyman and missionary. From the description of John Eliot letter, 1673. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010036 ...