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American author, William M. Reynolds—“a more remarkable instance of
disinterested care for its expatriated citizens than that of the Swedish
Government for these members of its race, no longer bound to it by any political ties,
and separated from it by the wide expanse of the Atlantic. From 1696 to
1786 the Swedish
Government sent to
the churches on the
Delaware no less
than thirty-two
clergymen, giving them
outfits and paying
the expenses of their
voyage from Sweden
to Americans also of
their return voyage,
when, after many
years of faithful labor,
they returned to their
native land, where
they were again
received with open
arms, and often
invested with
pastorates of the most
desirable character.
How much money
the Swedish
Government thus expended
it is now impossible
to determine, but
the amount cannot
have been less than
$100,000, and may
have reached double
that amount. The whole of it was given without thought of material return
or profit from the investment. It must also be borne in mind that money
was scarce during that period, and that Sweden was then in straightened
circumstances, and frequently suffered from financial embarrassment. The
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| MAGISTER ERIC TOBIAS BJÖRK Pastor of Christina Congregation, Delaware, 1697-1714. Built Trinity Church, Wilmington, and dedicated it Trinity Sunday, 1699. |
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