The English on the Delaware, 1610-1682 byC.A. Weslager

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Weslager, C. A. (Clinton Alfred), 1909-1994.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--History.
• British Americans--Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).

Physical Description:

xiii, 303 pages : 3 maps ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second printing.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 1969.

Contents:

• Samuel Argall "discovers" Delaware Bay
• The Jamestown settlement and Thomas Dermer
• Sir John Harvey "discovers" the Delaware River
• The Swedes comes to the Delaware
• Lord Baltimore and Sir Edmund Plowden
• New Haven settles on the Delaware
• Printz brings Lamberton to trial
• Printz betrays the Boston puritans
• Further English attempts to settle the Delaware
• Maryland "discovers" the Delaware
• The Duke of York seizes the Delaware
• The Dutch recapture the Delaware
• Appendixes. Document relating to New Albion sent by Charles I to Jamestown, c. 1642 ; Governor William Berkeley's letter to Governor Printz and others, March 18, 1643 ; John Thickpenny's deposition before the New Haven court, August 2, 1643 ; Elizabeth Luter's letter to the governor of Massachusetts ; Letter from Governor Theophilus Eaton to Governor Johan Rising, June 6, 1654 ; Patent for land granted Mr. William Tom for his services in reducing Fort Amstel, June 20, 1665
• Patent for land granted Captain John Carr for his services in reducing Fort Amstel, January 1, 1667 ; Instructions for the Dutch squadron that recaptured the New Netherland, October 12, 1672 ; Further instructions for the Dutch squadron that recaptured the New Netherland, October 12, 1672.

Notes:

• Reprint from original in 1967.
• Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [239]-253).

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Weslager, C.A. (Clinton Alfred), 1909-1994. English on the Delaware: 1610-1682.

OCLC:

1200349802