The Swedes in America 1638-1900

About this eBook

Author

Johnson, Amandus, 1877-1974

Title

The Swedes on the Delaware, 1638-1664

Original Publication

Philadelphia: Lenapé Press, 1914.

Credits

Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

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

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77652

Release Date

January 9, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE 1638–1664
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
7. 7.PREFACE
8. 8.Untitled
9. 9.CHAPTER I. Political, Social, Religious and Other Conditions in Sweden, 1611–1660. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
10. 10.CHAPTER II. Industries, Commerce and Trading Companies. — I. — II. — III.
11. 11.Untitled
12. 12.CHAPTER III. The Founding of the New Sweden Company and the Early Expeditions to the Delaware. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII.
13. 13.CHAPTER IV. The Founding and First Period of the Colony, 1638–1643. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
14. 14.Untitled
15. 15.CHAPTER V. The Reorganized American Company and the Expeditions to New Sweden during the Administration of Governor Printz. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII.
16. 16.CHAPTER VI. The Social and Economic Life of the Colony Under Governor Printz, 1643–1653. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI.
17. 17.Untitled
18. 18.CHAPTER VII. Renewed Efforts in Behalf of the Colony and the Tenth and Eleventh Expeditions. — I. — II.
19. 19.CHAPTER VIII. The Colony Under Rising and Papegoja, 1653–1655. — I. — II.
20. 20.Untitled
21. 21.CHAPTER IX. The American Company, the Last Expedition and the Efforts of Sweden to Regain the Colony. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
22. 22.CHAPTER X. The First Period of the Swedish Settlements Under Dutch Rule and the Coming of the Mercurius , 1655–1656.
23. 23.CHAPTER XI. The Last Period of the Swedish Settlements Under the Dutch, 1656–1664.
24. 24.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:

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