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"This book tells for the first time the story of the migration of Swedes and Finns in the seventeenth century from Pennsylvania and Delaware to the creek lands of southern New Jersey. It describes fully their efforts to preserve their native ways of life and emphasizes the groth of the importan...

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Corporate Author: Federal Writers' Project.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Bayonne, N.J.] : [Jersey Print. Co.], 1938.
Series:American guide series
Subjects and Genres:
1600-1775
Swedish Americans > New Jersey.
Finnish Americans > New Jersey.
Finnish Americans.
Swedish Americans.
Swedes > New Jersey.
Finns > New Jersey.
New Sweden > History.
New Jersey > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Delaware > History.
Delaware.
New Jersey.
United States, New Jersey > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
History.
Online Access:Full text available from Hathi Trust
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Summary: "This book tells for the first time the story of the migration of Swedes and Finns in the seventeenth century from Pennsylvania and Delaware to the creek lands of southern New Jersey. It describes fully their efforts to preserve their native ways of life and emphasizes the groth of the important Swedish Lutheran Churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck."
Item Description: Maps on lining-papers.
Physical Description: 6 preliminary leaves, 165 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-160).

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