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100	1		_aJohnson, Amandus, _d1877-1974
245	1	4	_aThe Swedes on the Delaware, 1638-1664
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe Swedes in America, 1638-1900, vol. 1
500			_aNo more volumes published.
500			_a"Essentially an abridgment" of the author's The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, according to preface.
500			_aRelease date is 2026-01-09
508			_aKarin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_a"The Swedes on the Delaware, 1638-1664" by Amandus Johnson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. It examines Sweden’s attempt to found and sustain the New Sweden colony on the Delaware River, tracing its European roots, the expeditions that established it, the colony’s daily life and governance, and its rivalry with Dutch and English interests. The opening of the work sets the stage in Sweden, outlining the wartime politics of Gustavus Adolphus, Queen Christina, and Carl X, and showing how military ambition, administrative reforms, and a state‑guided Lutheran culture fostered trade, shipbuilding, and colonial thinking. It surveys Sweden’s industries, commerce, transport, postal system, money and measures, and the era’s many trading companies, especially Willem Usselinx’s South Company. The narrative then shifts to the actual birth of New Sweden: Amsterdam merchant Samuel Blommaert and former New Netherland director Peter Minuit guide Swedish interest toward the Delaware; the first expedition (Kalmar Nyckel and Fogel Grip) sails in 1637–1638 with trade goods and soldiers, establishes a foothold, and returns with modest profits; Minuit dies soon after at St. Christopher. Johnson details the legal steps (Indian deeds, depositions), the shaky finances, and a second voyage in 1640 that brings the first Lutheran pastor (Reorus Torkillus), commander Peter Hollender Ridder, and officials like Gregorius van Dyck. As Dutch investors are bought out and the venture becomes fully Swedish, the section closes with plans to attract more settlers under special privileges, signaling the colony’s next phase. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cPhiladelphia: Lenapé Press, 1914
653			_aNew Sweden -- History
653			_aSwedes -- United States
653			_aDelaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History
830		0	_aThe Swedes in America, 1638-1900, vol. 1
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/swedesondelaware0000john/page/n15/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77652
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