Did you Know ?

The Indian Bible, printed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was the first edition of the Scriptures in any language to be printed in the land that was to become the United States of America?

The Algonquian Indians had no written language. A Reverend Mr. Eliot learned their spoken language, established a symbology and with the help of a London printer and London machinery, produced in 1662 the New Testament. In 1663 the Old Testament was added.

A PASSION for BOOKS, Edited byHarold Rabinowitz & Rob Kaplan, Three Rivers Press, 1999, article by Ben D. Zevin