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 . organization of the country was perfected, butmunicipal self-government was never fully relinquished by thecommons and the people who came to the Delaware between1638 and 1664 were accustomed to partake in the administra-tion of their local affairs, secular and religious. The diet wasmade up of the four estates (the Nobility, the Clergy, theBurgesses and the
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 . organization of the country was perfected, butmunicipal self-government was never fully relinquished by thecommons and the people who came to the Delaware between1638 and 1664 were accustomed to partake in the administra-tion of their local affairs, secular and religious. The diet wasmade up of the four estates (the Nobility, the Clergy, theBurgesses and the Peasantry), giving the people an opportunityto participate in the government of the whole country. It wassummoned by royal authority as circumstances required and asquestions of great import arose, and the members were electedor appointed to represent the various districts of the kingdom.^*^ The Council of State became an important body during thisperiod. According to the constitution of 1634 it was to con- See Odhner, Sv. in. hist., p. i ff.; Hildebrand, S-v. statsf., p. ff.; , v. 290 ff.; Bain, Scandinavia, p. 208 ff. ^Hildebrand, Sv. hist., V. 397 ff.; Bain, Scandinavia, p. 218 ff. Hildebrand, Sv. statsf., 372
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