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TitleAffadavit of Four Men from the 'Key of Calamar,' 1638

AuthorRuttens, Peter

Date Created1638

DescriptionThe translation of this affidavit legally recognizes and describes the first Swedish voyage to the New World on the ship, 'Key of Calamar.' It also explains Pieter Minuit's purchase of land on the...

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TitleIntroduction to primary source materials on the New Sweden Colony

Date Created1988

DescriptionThis introduction describes six primary sources regarding the settlement of the New Sweden Colony in New Jersey. The collection of Primary Source Materials was compiled by the New Sweden Commemorative...

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TitleThe Swedes in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 2

Date Created1938

DescriptionThis booklet on the founding of New Sweden (now the present-day New Jersey area) was prepared for use in the public schools by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New...

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TitleThe Swedes in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 1

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Date Created1938

DescriptionThis booklet on the founding of New Sweden (now the present-day New Jersey area) was prepared for use in the public schools by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New...

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TitleThe Swedes and Finns in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 3

Date Created1938

DescriptionThis booklet on the founding of New Sweden (now the present-day New Jersey area) was prepared for use in the public schools by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New...

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TitleThe Swedes and Finns in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 4

Date Created1938

DescriptionThis booklet on the founding of New Sweden (now the present-day New Jersey area) was prepared for use in the public schools by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New...

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TitleLetter of Johannes Bogaert to Hans Bontemantel, 1655

AuthorBogaert, Johannes

Date Created1655

DescriptionJohannes Bogaert, Dutch clerk of New Amsterdam (present-day New York), reports to Holland on the Dutch takeover of New Sweden. He accounts how the Dutch travelled to New Sweden and took over Fort...

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TitleReport of Governor Johan Printz, 1647, on New Sweden

AuthorPrintz, Johan

Date Created1647

DescriptionGovern Johan Printz, the governor of New Sweden (later to become New Jersey), reports on the status of the colony and the settlers. Many freemen have arrived to settle in New Sweden, but the...

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TitleReport of Governor Johan Rising, 1655, on New Sweden

AuthorRising, Johan

Date Created1655

DescriptionGovernor Johan Rising reports to the Swedish government and royalty on the status of New Sweden (present-day New Jersey). He also reports on other Swedish colonies in the area. He asks that single...

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TitleRelation of the surrender of New Sweden, by Governor Johan Clason Rising, 1655

AuthorRising, Johan

Date Created1655

DescriptionGovernor Johan Rising of New Sweden reports to Sweden on the August 1655 Dutch attack on New Sweden's Fort Christina. The Dutch traveled from New Amsterdam (present-day New York) and easily captured...