The English on the Delaware,1610-1682 by C.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.

Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).

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

British Americans.

Physical Description:

xiii, 303 pages : 3 maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [1967].

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:

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [239]-253).

Other Format:

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

OCLC:

313623