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 . about Blommaert and hisoffers. The letter was, perhaps, as Professor Kernkamp sug-gests, sent to Spiring and by him It was forwarded to Oxen-stlerna.^* Blommaert had thus for years stood in close connec-tion with Swedish statesmen and Swedish trade and Falken-berg and Le Blon were Instrumental In bringing Oxenstiernasattention to him and to his offers of serv
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 . about Blommaert and hisoffers. The letter was, perhaps, as Professor Kernkamp sug-gests, sent to Spiring and by him It was forwarded to Oxen-stlerna.^* Blommaert had thus for years stood in close connec-tion with Swedish statesmen and Swedish trade and Falken-berg and Le Blon were Instrumental In bringing Oxenstiernasattention to him and to his offers of service and commercialviews. The Swedish arms in Germany were soon to experience vary- ^* Oxenstiernas Skrifter, 2, XI. 633, 641. See letter from Le Blon to Splring(?), July 18, 1634, Extranea Holland,Le Blons Avisor, No. 18 (). Lately printed by Professor Kernkamp, , p. 29 ff. There is only one letter preserved for this year from Falkenbergto A. Oxenstierna, written at Stockholm, April 6, 1634, Ox. Saml. (). Kernkamp, Z^weed. Arch., p. 29 flF.; Skand. Arch., p. 93 ff. This section ofthe book was ready in the spring of 1908 before I had seen Professor KernkampsZweed. Arch. The references have been filled in Axel Oxenstienia. (H.) Blommaert and the Copper Trade. 91 Ing fortunes. On the twenty-seventh of August 1634,^^ the Im-perial forces won a decisive victory at Nordlingen over the armycommanded by Duke Bernhard and Gustaf Horn and the Cath-olics were now masters in southwestern Germany. The Heil-bronn League was practically dissolved and the Elector of Sax-ony made peace with the Emperor at Prague. The Swedishforces were in danger of being driven entirely out of Germany;money was lacking and the allies of Sweden were falling off. ButAxel Oxenstiema did not lose courage. He was determinedthat Sweden should not withdraw from the field before anhonorable peace could be obtained. To complicate matters thesix years truce with Poland drew to an end and dange
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