MDDM Ch. 62

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608.4 Springtide  i.e. springtime (?)

608.8 "I dreamt of a City to the West of here [...] at some great Confluence
of Rivers, or upon a Harbor in some Inland Sea,-- a large City,-- busy,
prospering, sacred ..."

St Louis? San Francisco?

609.5 the very Seneca

http://www.senecaindians.com/

611.3 Mr Joseph ("Continuation Joe") Warford

In December, 1776, Joseph Warford was deeded 100 acres of land on which he
laid out a village that was to become known as Warfordsburg. A large stone
structure that served as the Warford home and tavern was built.
Unfortunately, the building was destroyed by fire in 1947. Warfordsburg lies
just north of the Mason-Dixon line in southern Fulton County, off Interstate
70 and readily accessible to US Route 40, the historic National Highway.

http://www.fultoncountypa.com/towns.html

"Continuation Joe"  ?

611.12 "the original Svånnsen land 'pon which Philadelphia would later come
to sit ... "

The Dutch were undoubtedly the first adventurers who endeavoured to
explore and colonize the countries contiguous to our bay and river. So far
as precedence of time could confer supremacy, the Dutch had it by actual
occupance. But although they so aspired to possess and rule the country in
the name of their "High Mightinesses", it was not conceded by others; for
the Swedes in 1631, and the English from New Haven in 1640, severally
essayed to become colonists under their own laws. These based their claims
on their actual purchases from the Indian Sovereigns; of whom they alleged
they had each acquired their titles. That the Sachems did so sell to them
is perhaps pretty good evidence that the Dutch had not so acquired their
title before them, unless for special places where they designed to settle;
--- so they certainly procured their title for Cape May, the deed for which
is still extant in the archives of state at Albany.
[...]

The Swedes claim our notice from and after the year 1631, as the time of
their arrival assigned by their historian, Campanius. At that time they
laid out the present New Castle, under the name of Stockholm. They also
built their first fort for another settlement at Christiana, [the present
Wilmington] on Minquas creek, called also Suspecough. At the island of
Tenecunm, they built a fort called New Gottenburg. With it they connected
several of the best houses, a church, and the governor's house, called
Printz's hall. Numerous are the other places named or held by the Swedes,
as set down in the old maps of Campanius and Lindstrom; such as Mocoponaca
--- the present Chester; Manaiung --- a fort at the mouth of the present
Schuylkill; Chincessing, (now Kingsessing township); Korsholm fort --- a
fortress in Passaiung supposed to be the same originally at Wiccacoa, (now
Swedes' church neighbourhood) where Sven Schute was in command. They had
other names not far from the present Philadelphia, such as Nyawasa,
Gripsholm, Finlandt, Meulendael, Karakung, Lapananel, &c. --- not to omit
the settlement of Olof Stille's place, ancestor of a present wealthy city
family of that name, at a place called Techoherassi.
    The numerous forts, so called under the government of the Swedes, very
probably often mere block houses, indicate the state of their apprehensions
from enemies. [...]

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/areahistory/watson0101.
txt

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/watsontoc.htm

Svånnsen = Swedish (?)

611.19 "Swedes have been here from the beginning ... "

http://www.americanwest.com/swedemigr/pages/emigra.htm

611.35 "the Riot Act"

The original Riot Act was that of 1715, which stated that when 12 or more
people were committing a riot it was the duty of the magistrates to command
them to disperse, and that anyone who continued to riot for one hour
afterwards was guilty of a felony. (Brewer's)

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_263a.html

611.36 Mr Whitefield

Whitefield, George (1714-70)
Englishman George Whitefield (1714-70) was an early member of John Wesley's
"club," called the "Oxford Methodists." Whitefield made numerous
evangelistic visits to America beginning in 1738; 260; 261; 405 (HyperArts)

612.7 "an ancient Vellum Manuscript, a gift from Bishop Brynjolf to
Frederick the Third, containing Tales of the first Northmen in America"

Two medieval Icelandic sagas tell the story of the Viking exploration and
attempted settlement of North America from Greenland. The Graenlendinga Saga
from early in the saga age was written uncritically and has all the failings
and merits implied by this. Erik's Saga is a later product, more
sophisticated with its material arranged in much more tidy and logical form,
but also with late additions and corrections that detract from its accuracy.
Both of the authors (unknown) were primarily interested in the people
involved in the action. They saw the explorations as tests of character,
maturing some of the characters and bringing out fatal flaws in others.

Evidence unmistakeably points to Viking exploration and settlement in the
new world, but the saga geography and sailing directions are vague enough so
that Vinland has been located by various people from Hudson Bay to Virginia.
[...]

http://members.aol.com/bakken1/viking/oview.htm

http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bibPreColumb.htm

Cf. "Vinland the Good"

http://members.aol.com/bakken1/viking/vinloc.htm

612.14 the Capes of Delaware"

http://www.sentinelpublications.com/capemay.htm

612.14 "the Pillars of Hercules"

http://www.bartleby.com/81/8190.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0839045.html

612.18 "*Philadelphia Irredempta*" = Philadelphia Unredeemed (?)

614.20 the Treaty of Paris

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1751-1775/7yearswar/paris.htm

614.22 Hickman, Gibson and Killogh  ?

614.30 Savage Mountain

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdallegh/MtSavage.htm

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/trailguide/savagemountain.html

615.29 "Stacy and Tracy"  ?

Perhaps: http://www.stacycurtis.com/st/st.asp

616.8 Napier's Bones

http://www.maxmon.com/1600ad.htm

616.22 "one Day at the Savage Mountain Summit"

http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/features/dans.html

617.11 "'at damn Proclamation Line"

http://www.bloorstreet.com/200block/rp1763.htm

617.19 The Hero of Bushy Run

http://www.bushyrunbattlefield.com/index.html

http://www.bushyrunbattlefield.com/WelcomePage.html

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/bwatch/bw10.htm

617.22 the shape of a Greek Cross

http://mathworld.rm-f.net/math/g/g325.htm

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