Small Manuscript Collections, Martin Severe Collection, First State Covers

Martin Lee Severe is a collector of First Day Covers who has donated to many archives and other programs. He is from Maryland. A collection of first-day covers celebrating different points in Delaware’s history. The collection’s largest focus is the discovery and founding of New Sweden. Several covers feature maps and illustrations of what the […]

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Delaware’s Swedish Tercentenary Celebration Revisited

Photo Gallery

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Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church

NCC-153: The history of this congregation may be traced to the 1670s when Dutch and Swedish members of the “Reformed Church” were gathering locally for worship. By the first decade of the 18th century, the settlement of persons largely of Scottish descent resulted in the formal establishment of a congregation in the area then known […]

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Swedish 325th Anniversary Commission

Delaware Public Archives

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Delaware Swedish Tercentenary Commission

Delaware Public Archives

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