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The deep meaning behind “Eliot” Street

By Douglas Brown

Community Contributor 

Last week, I wrote about two individuals in the 17th Century – Roxbury Minister John Eliot and Massachusetts Bay government official Daniel Gookin - who worked together to establish villages throughout the Massachusetts Bay Colony for the “Praying Indians” - the name...

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The deep meaning behind “Eliot” Street

By Douglas Brown

Community Contributor 

In the center of Sherborn, at the only traffic light, there is an unremarkable street sign on the road to South Natick. When you are next there, waiting for the light to change, take a moment to reflect on the name. What...

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