The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664, with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain their colony . tar was beautified with asilver cloth, purchased for the sum of 375^ florins.^ A burial ^Brahe to Printz, November 9, 1643. Skokl. Saml. (Concept.). Cf. Printz to Brahe, July 19, 1644. Hwatt nu anlangar, de under-schadelige (?) herlige motiver och forraeningar som Excell. uthi sitt breefhogwyssligen framstaller, dem hafver iaagh en deel hartill (som bar effte
The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664, with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain their colony . tar was beautified with asilver cloth, purchased for the sum of 375^ florins.^ A burial ^Brahe to Printz, November 9, 1643. Skokl. Saml. (Concept.). Cf. Printz to Brahe, July 19, 1644. Hwatt nu anlangar, de under-schadelige (?) herlige motiver och forraeningar som Excell. uthi sitt breefhogwyssligen framstaller, dem hafver iaagh en deel hartill (som bar effter folicr)haff[vver] och skall yttermera hareffter an uthi grannare akt haffua. ^The bell was taken over on the Fama in 1644, Journal, , III. ().The bell was used for over one hundred and fifty years and the present bell inGloria Dei in Philadelphia is said to be cast partly from the material of the oldbell. On this bell is the following inscription: Cast for the Swedish ChurchIN Philada. Stiled Gloria Dei. G. Hedderly Fecit 1806 partly from theOLD BELL Dated 1643. I to the church the living call and to the grave do SUMMONS ALL. * Twenty-two beavers were paid for them, Ace. B., 1643-8.^Acc. B., 1643-48, August 20, 1647. 366. Church-Steeple, built by the side of the church (seventeenth century >. From Svecia Anltqtia. Religious Worship and Ministers of the Gospel. 367 place was also laid out near the church, probably in front of It,and perhaps a fence was placed around the plot. The hand-some church was ready in the autumn. September 4 was aday of rejoicing and thanksgiving. The colonists assembled intheir new church and after a sermon and amid appropriate cere-monies, the Revs. Campanius and Fluviander officiating, thechurch was dedicated for divine services. The burying placewas consecrated on the same day. A month and a half later, the first corpse . . that of Katarlna, the daughter of AndersHansson, was buried there.^ The Swedish order of service was followed In th
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