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    Johan Björnsson Printz (July 20, 1592 – May 3, 1663) was governor from 1643 until 1653 of the Swedish colony of New Sweden on the Delaware River in North...
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  • SS Johan Printz was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Johan Printz, the governor from 1643 until 1653...
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    in Governor Printz Park in Essington, Pennsylvania, was the home of Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden. In 1643, Johan Printz moved his capital...
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    Risingh was appointed assistant councilor of New Sweden under Governor Johan Printz. Upon arrival in 1654, Risingh expressed concerns about the loss of Native...
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  • Printz is a surname and may refer to: Armegot Printz (1625–1695), Swedish noblewoman, daughter of Johan Björnsson Printz David Printz (born 1980), Swedish...
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    Soop (1639–1645) Bengt Ribbing (1645–1653) Gustaf Posse (1653–1658) Johan Printz (1658–1663) Gustaf Ribbing (1663–1672) Hans Georg Mörner (1672–1685)...
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    Sweden under governor Johan Björnsson Printz. During 1644, Johan Papegoja was married to Armegott Printz, the daughter of Governor Printz. The marriage was...
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  • original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022. Printz, John (1644). "Report of Governor Johan Printz, 1644, on New Sweden". Rutgers University. doi:10...
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    Christina, thrived for a number of years under the administration of Johan Printz, attracting Swedish and Finnish settlers who engaged in farming and fur...
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    Swedish governor was Colonel Johan Printz, who ruled the colony under Swedish law from 1643 to 1653. He was succeeded by Johan Rising, who upon his arrival...
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  • Armegot Printz (1625–1695) was a Swedish noble. She was the daughter of Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden, and she married her father's successor...
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    Schuylkill opposite their fort. Fort Nya Elfsborg was built shortly after Johan Printz, governor of New Sweden, arrived in the colony on 15 February 1643, allowing...
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    English colonists' buildings. A Swedish court under Swedish Governor Johan Björnsson Printz convicted Lamberton of "trespassing, conspiring with the Indians...
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    (contemporary New Castle). In 1654, Johan Risingh, commissary and councilor to the governor Lt. Col. Printz, officially assumed Printz's duties and began to expel...
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    already inhabited by fifty-four German families who had accompanied Johan Printz to the Swedish settlement on the Delaware several years before 1683 and...
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    Casimir. On Trinity Sunday in 1654, Johan Risingh, Commissary and Councilor to New Sweden Governor Lt. Col. Johan Printz, officially assumed his duties. He...
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  • himself with a group of fifty-four German families who had accompanied Johan Printz to the Swedish settlement on the Delaware several years earlier and had...
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  • projects of the Society was the 1923 creation of a monument to Governor Johan Printz on Philadelphia's Tinicum Island. The organization assumed responsibility...
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    of the historic Old Swede's Mill on the Karakong Kill which Governor Johan Printz, governor of New Sweden had built during 1645. It was the first water...
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    establish any permanent settlements. In 1643, Swedish colonists led by Johan Printz established New Sweden near the confluence of Darby Creek and the Delaware...
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    consolidated. On Trinity Sunday in 1654, Johan Risingh, Commissary and Councilor to New Sweden Governor Lt. Col. Johan Printz, officially assumed his duties and...
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  • 1653, he was one of 22 signers of a petition of grievances against Gov. Johan Printz, which ultimately led to his removal. He volunteered to defend Fort Christina...
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    which had been owned by the daughter of the governor of New Sweden, Johan Printz. Quaker minister William Edmundson had mentioned the house in his journal...
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    later. The colony expanded along the river under the leadership of Johan Björnsson Printz, governor from 1643 to 1653. They established Fort Nya Elfsborg...
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    list of grievances, which was submitted to Governor Johan Printz, protesting his strict rule. Printz considered this action mutiny and subsequently returned...
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  • Events from the year 1643 in Sweden Monarch – Christina Johan Björnsson Printz was appointed governor of the Swedish colony of New Sweden until 1653. 13...
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  • the deck guns and radio. SS R. Walton Moore SS Royal S. Copeland SS Johan Printz John H. Eaton Mary Pickersgill Clark Howell L. H. McNelly SS Harold A...
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  • 303151°W / 39.859164; -75.303151 (The Printzhof) Delaware A home of Johan Printz. 79 Pulpit Rocks More images November 4, 1993 (#93001614) Huntingdon...
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  • signed a petition opposing Governor Johan Printz's harsh rule.: 135  Partly as a result of this petition, Printz returned to Sweden in 1654. In 1654 Månsson...
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  • Moore Niels Poulson Arthur J. Tyrer Cassius Hudson Lunsford Richardson Johan Printz Charles S. Haight R. J. Reynolds Duncan L. Clinch Abigail Gibbons Charles...
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