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Hopedale, Massachusetts
Historical Marker Database · Michael Herrick
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Near this spot, the wife and son of Matthias Puffer, the son of John Rockwood, and other inhabitants of Mendon were killed by Nipmunk Indians on 14 July 1675, at the beginning of King Philip’s War in the Colony of Massachusetts.
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Hopedale, Massachusetts · USA
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