THE SWEDES AND DUTCH IN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE
[ [1] ] From Acrelius's "History of New Sweden." Printed in "Old South Leaflets." Acrelius from 1749 until 1756 was provost over Swedish Congregations in America and pastor of their church at Christina, now Wilmington, on the Delaware. His complete work is an exhaustive one, and covers not only the early but the later years of Swedish history on the Delaware. It has long been esteemed the best work we have on the subject.
[ [2] ] Usselinx had proposed the formation of a company to trade in foreign countries, including America, as early as 1604.
[ [3] ] Peter Minuit, the Governor of New Amsterdam, who purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for goods worth $24, is here referred to.
[ [4] ] Paradise Point was near the present town of Lewes, in the State of Delaware. The site is near where the Bay merges in the ocean.
[ [5] ] This name has been corrupted Into Henlopen. The cape was named by Captain Cornelius May after a towu in Friesland. May's name was given to the southern point of New Jersey now known as Cape May. He visited Delaware Bay in or about 1614.
[ [6] ] Ft. Christina was within the limits of the present city of Wilmington. The ancient Swedish church, built in 1698 and still standing in Wilmington, marks the site of this, the original settlement of Swedes in Delaware.
[ [7] ] Fort Nassau was on Delaware Bay at the mouth of Timber Creek, below Gloucester Point, in New Jersey.
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
[ [1] ] From Dudley's letter to the Countess of London. Printed in Hart's "Source Book of American History." Dudley came over with Winthrop, and at one time was governor of the Colony.