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Title

The Church of Sweden on the Delaware, 1638-1831

Authors

Dr. Conrad Bergendoff, Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois

Files

Description

A discussion of the Swedish Lutheran Church in New Sweden covering the churches of Holy Trinity at Christina, now Wilmington, Delaware; an early Tinicum Island church and Wicaco church from which grew the Gloria Dei Church in Philadelphia; St. James Church in Kingsessing, now in Philadelphia; Christ or Old Swedes in Upper Merion, now in Philadelphia; Raccoon, now Swedesboro, and Penns Neck, now Churchtown or Lower Penns Neck, New Jersey. The churches which survived to 1776 became Anglican.

ISBN

0910184372

Publication Date

1988

Publisher

Augustana Historical Society

City

Rock Island, Illinois

Keywords

Church history, Lutheran churches

Disciplines

History | Religion | Scandinavian Studies

Comments

Digitized in memory Sherwood and Rowena Mercer. Digitization sponsored by Curtis and Elizabeth Roseman.

Recommended Citation

"The Church of Sweden on the Delaware, 1638-1831" (1988). Augustana Historical Society Publications.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/ahsbooks/3