New Sweden
Americannoun
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New Netherland absorbed New Sweden in 1655, and Sephardic Jews arrived from Brazil when Portugal recaptured that colony and ended its religious freedom.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
In 1655, Stuyvesant took over the small outpost of New Sweden along the banks of the Delaware River in present-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
The group’s namesake, a small one-room schoolhouse, is located at the heart of New Sweden Township.
From Washington Times • Aug. 30, 2014
In 1637, a group of Dutch, German, and Swedish investors formed the New Sweden Company.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
He thought he recognized it as Charlie Torval’s—Charlie lived on New Sweden Road and made his living building bulkheads and docks and anchoring mooring buoys.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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