The Swedes on the Delaware, 1638-1664 / by Amandus Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Amandus, 1877-1974.

Series:

Johnson, Amandus, 1877- Swedes in America ; v. 1.

The Swedes in America, 1638-1900 ; v. 1

Standardized Title:

Swedish settlements on the Delaware

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Delaware--History.

Delaware.

Swedes--United States.

Swedes.

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

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

United States.

United States--Delaware River Valley.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

391 pages, 33 unnumbered leaves of plates : facsimiles, map, portraits ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lenapé Press, 1914.

Contents:

Polical social, religious and other conditions in Sweden, 1611-1660.

Industries, commerce and trading companies.

The founding of the New Sweden Company and the early expeditions to the Delaware.

The founding and first period of the colony, 1638-1643.

The reorganized American Company and the expeditions to New Sweden during the Administration of Governor Printz.

The social and economic life of the colony under Governor Printz, 1643-1653.

Renewed efforts in behalf of the colony and tenth and eleventh expeditions.

The colony under rising and Papegoja.

The American Company, the last expedition and the efforts of Sweden to regain the colony.

The first period of the Swedish settlements under Dutch rule and the coming of the Mercurius, 1655-1656.

The last period of the Swedish settlements under the Dutch, 1656-1664.

Notes:

"Essentially an abridgment" of the author's The Swedish settlements on the Delaware.--Cf. Pref.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Johnson, Amandus, 1877-1974. Swedish settlements on the Delaware. Swedes on the Delaware, 1638-1664.

OCLC:

2961925