[194] The Labadists had dwelt at Herford in Westphalia from 1670 to 1672, and at Altona in Holstein from 1672 to 1675.
[195] Matinnaconk Island lies in the Delaware River between Bordentown an Burlington.
[196] See post, pp. [154]-[156].
[197] Jean Baptiste van Helmont (1577-1644), an eminent Belgian chemist, physiologist, and physician. Of his collected writings, Ortus Medicinae, there were many editions and translations, and one of the English versions may have been edited with sympathy by a Quaker, for with much scientific acuteness Van Helmont combined much mystical philosophy.
[198] Chester, Pennsylvania.
[199] Tacony, Philadelphia County.
[200] Tinicum Island, a few miles below the present site of Philadelphia (which, it should be remembered, was not founded till 1682). On this island the Swedish governor Johan Printz had in 1643 built his stronghold of Nya Göteborg, or New Gothenburg, and his mansion; and here, after his return to Sweden, his daughter Armegot Printz, wife of his lieutenant and temporary successor Johan Papegoia, lived from 1654 to 1662, and from 1673 to 1675.
[201] Here and in many other places the diarist spells the name Grangie.
[202] Built by Governor Printz in 1646.
[203] This sketch is not preserved with the manuscript.