The Eliot Tracts

Focusing on 17th-century missionary efforts, this collection features 11 documents detailing the work of British missionaries among Native Americans in New England. Authored by prominent figures such as John Eliot and Thomas Shepard, these tracts provide a comprehensive account of early English missionary activities and serve as valuable ethnographic resources on Southern New England's Indigenous peoples. Additionally, the volume includes two letters from Eliot discussing the theological implications of their work, linking it to significant millennialist debates of the era.