[278] Twenty-two years afterwards, it was about 250,000, half of whom were Germans, Swedes, or Dutch. ("European Settlements." Sixth edition. 1777.)

[279] Bancroft's "History of the United States."

[280] "European Settlements."

[281] Gillies' "Historical Collections," vol. ii., p. 150.

[282] Evangelical Magazine, 1807, p. 249.

[283] Hodge's "History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States."

[284] Evangelical Magazine, 1807, p. 249.

[285] Hodge's "History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States."

[286] Hodge's "History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States."

[287] Evangelical Magazine, 1807, p. 292.