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The Instruction for Johan Printz, governor of New Sweden, "the first constitution or supreme law of the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware;"

Title: The Instruction for Johan Printz, governor of New Sweden, "the first constitution or supreme law of the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware;" translated from the Swedish, with introduction, notes and appendices, including letters from Governor John Winthrop, of Massachusetts, and minutes of courts, sitting in New Sweden, by Amandus Johnson; with a special introduction by John Frederick Lewis.
Author: Johnson, Amandus, 1877-
Publication: Philadelphia, The Swedish colonial society, 1930.

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Description

xvi, 287 p. front. (col. coat of arms) plates, ports., fold. map, facsims.; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Copy in NYGB

Subject

Source (note)

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society;

Contents

Introduction, by J.F. Lewis.--Johan Björnsson Printz, a biography.--The "Instruction" for Governor Printz, the Swedish original with a translation.--Appendices: Reports of Governor Printz in 1644 and 1647. Letters from Printz, Papegoja, Oxenstierna and Brabe. Correspondence between Governor Printz and Governor Winthrop. Court records in New Sweden, 1643-1644. Relations with the Dutch.

Call Number

ISE (Johnson, A. Instruction for Johan Printz)

LCCN

30011881

OCLC

3617124

Author

Johnson, Amandus, 1877- ed. and tr.

Title

The Instruction for Johan Printz, governor of New Sweden, "the first constitution or supreme law of the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware;" translated from the Swedish, with introduction, notes and appendices, including letters from Governor John Winthrop, of Massachusetts, and minutes of courts, sitting in New Sweden, by Amandus Johnson; with a special introduction by John Frederick Lewis.

Imprint

Philadelphia, The Swedish colonial society, 1930.

Source

Gift; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; 2008.

Added Author

Printz, Johan Björnsson, 1592-1663.

Winthrop, John, 1588-1649.

Sweden. Sovereign (1632-1654 : Christina)

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research Call Number

ISE (Johnson, A. Instruction for Johan Printz)

NYGB DEL. G 23

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