Printz the Swede Dictator of New Sweden
A historic portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Printz who governed New Sweden with iron authority on the Delaware in 1643. He controlled the river trade, enforced life and death justice, and thwarted English rivals led by Peter Stuyvesant before being deposed and sent back to Sweden.
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Johan Printz
New Sweden
Delaware River
Printz
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
New York
Sweden
New -Sweden
Delaware
Christopher Ward
University of Pennsylvania
Atlantic
America
Lamberton
Winthrop
Boston
Isline
Justien
Remembering the Swedish Delaware Colony Founder and Dictator Printz
The article recalls Peter Minuit and the Dutch Swedish clash led by Hans Capitaine Printz. It notes Printz as a controversial ruler whose actions shaped early New Sweden, his clashes with Peter Stuyvesant, and the colony's fall to the Dutch and English. A forthcoming ceremony honors the Swedish colony's anniversary with a royal monument to Sweden and the United States friendship.
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Printz
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
Stuyvesant
Delaware
New Sweden
Maule
United States
America
Sweden
Peter Minuit
Minuit
Manhattan Island
Red Men
Miniature Ship Launch By The Old Boys Club
A man crafts a tiny ship from a repurposed baby carriage and launches it in a pond with the help of the Old Boys, an association of middle aged men who build and sail miniature liners and warships.
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Riage
Mr. Brooks
Prisoner’s widow dies after serving time on Devil Island
The article recounts a Frenchwoman who after ten years on Devil Island, where she widowed and raised vegetables for guards, refused repatriation, built a modest home, and died of a heart attack while delivering greens to prison officials. Her husband died earlier amid an epidemic, and a shipbuilder Mr. Brooks added to the tale with a costly model vessel.
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France
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Hass
Nancy
Hendrich
E. Brooks
London
Hyde Park
Zan
Barpea
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