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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 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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TitleNewspaper advertisement from Jersey Homesteads Tripod Coat and Suit, Inc., to promote the ladies garments factory
Date Created1936-1937
DescriptionThe federal government created Jersey Homesteads as part of a New Deal initiative. It was unique because it was the only community planned as an agro-industrial cooperative that included a farm, a...
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Title'Comments' on Charles Stephenson's 'Process of Community' and Ronald Foresta's 'Evolution of the Modern Urban Core' - from the 8th NJ History Symposium
AuthorScheiner, Seth M.
Date Created1976
DescriptionThis comments paper by Seth M. Scheiner, an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, is from 'New Jersey's Ethnic Heritage: Papers Presented at the Eighth Annual New Jersey History...
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TitleReport of Governor Johan Printz, 1644, on New Sweden
AuthorPrintz, John
Date Created1644
DescriptionGovernor Johan Printz reports the 1644 status of the New Sweden Colony (now present-day New Jersey) to the Queen of Sweden. He provides accounts of remaining supplies, trade relations with other...
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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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TitleTranscripts of interview with Fritz Schade of Free Acres
Date Created1996
DescriptionFritz Schade, a German immigrant and a member of the Free Acres community in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, is interviewed about his memories at Free Acres. He recalls that many of his fellow Germans...
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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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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...