Quick trivia question: In which language was the first Bible in the Western Hemisphere printed? The answer is Algonquin—to be precise, the Natick dialect of Algonquin.
Today you can find a “Made in the U.S.A.” Bible in nearly every hotel room in America; most Gideon Bibles, for example, are printed in the Nashville area. But Bible publishing in the American Colonies was largely nonexistent.