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 . , where the pot and other cooking utensilstogether with the scouring broom 25 are kept. Above thewindows and probably also above the door we shall see littleshelves on which are placed a few tin-plates, the candlestick and other fineries. A few chairs, one or two madefrom the trunk of a hollow tree, with about one third of theouter shell extending a couple of
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 . , where the pot and other cooking utensilstogether with the scouring broom 25 are kept. Above thewindows and probably also above the door we shall see littleshelves on which are placed a few tin-plates, the candlestick and other fineries. A few chairs, one or two madefrom the trunk of a hollow tree, with about one third of theouter shell extending a couple of feet above the seat, forminga back; the others constructed out of split planks, with legs(sometimes carved) and a flat back, one or two benches and thesame number of chests26 completed the furniture of the we should enter the store-house we would find that the sup-ply of meat and some other provisions were preserved there, the 25 Called grantvagan in some districts, as it was made out of spruce-branches. 26 It is very probable that some of these chests were brought to New Swedenby the colonists. In the possession of the Sinexon family is an old iron chestwhich was probably brought from Europe by one of the early Swedish log cabin, situated on the west bank of Darby creek about 4 mile aboveClifton. Photographed by C. S. Bradford and used by his kind permission. The above(built in the 18th century) shows many characteristics to be found in the log cabins builtby the Swedes and Finns in their native country, the extension of the second story, theporch-roof etc. Customs, Habits, Dress, Dwellings, Etc. 541 churn, milk, pails (of wood) and various other utensils, prob-ably also clothes and other things, large quantities of meat,grain, etc., being preserved in the outer storehouse, de-scribed in a former Visiting guests that could notbe accommodated in the main room would be lodged here,unless they were given a bed in the storehouse a short distancefrom
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