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APPENDIX B. EARLY SWEDISH SETTLEMENTS IN U.S.A. 445
answer to some remarks on Dr. Norelius book, particularly as
to his relation to Esbjorn], published at Stockholm in 1896.
E. Norelius : De Svenska Luterska forsamlingarnas och
Svenskarnes Historia i Amerika, Rock Island, Illinois, 1890.
Henry Eyster Jacobs : A History of the Evangelical-Lutheran
Church in the U.S., fifth ed., Scribner and Sons, N.Y., 1907
(being volume four of the general American Church History).
The Augustana Synod, 1860-1910, Rock Island, 1910 [a
jubilee volume containing papers of much interest].
Missions Forbundets Minnesskrift, 1885-1910 [a twenty-five
years jubilee volume], Chicago, 1910.
B. DETACHED NOTES ON THE EARLY SWEDISH
SETTLEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1841-1860.
(By DR. TOFFTEEN).
Before 1860 the Swedes that emigrated to America came
generally by sailing ships. The emigrants were then not very
numerous, and, as they generally came in parties, with the view
of settling together, it is possible to trace them to the settle
ments which they founded.
Since 1860 the emigration has been very much larger, and
has gone by the Atlantic emigration steamers. No larger
parties, settling at one place, are known. The following is a
concise sketch of the Swedish settlements in the United States
between 1841 and 1860.
i. PINE LAKE, WISCONSIN. 1841.
With the exception of a few adventurers, that may have come
here in earlier times, the first considerable settlement of Swedes
was the one that was led by the Rev. G. Unonius. This party
was made up of some well-to-do Swedes, who expected to
settle here, but were also animated by the old Viking spirit,
desirous of adventures. They came to America in 1841, and
founded a colony at Pine Lake, Wis. About 1850 most
of the old settlers had, however, moved away, and several of
them returned to Sweden.
2. BROCTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 1844.
In 1844 came a little company, led by Daniel Larson, from
Haurida, Smaland, and settled in Brocton, Mass. Their motive
for emigration was the expectation to better their economic con
ditions here. They had been moved by reading the letters of
Unonius to the Swedish papers.
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