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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, 1877-1974
Publication: Philadelphia : The Swedish colonial society, 1930.

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xvi, 287 pages : frontispiece (color coat of arms), plates, portraits, folded map, facsimiles; 24 cm

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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.

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ocm03617124

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