MDDM Ch. 62 Swedish Jacobites

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jbor wrote:
> 
> Stig (unattributed): "Very well.-- I am here on behalf of certain Principals
> in Sweden, who believe that the Penns, being secretly creatures of Rome,
> took illegally the original Svånnsen land 'pon which Philadelphia would
> later come to sit,-- and thus that the whole Metropolis has never ceas'd to
> belong, rightfully, to Sweden."
> 
> "What,-- Swedish Jacobites!" exclaims Dixon, "sort of thing...why, Stig...?"
> 
> Rereading this section I think that Dixon is comparing the "certain
> Principals in Sweden" and their claims on Philadelphia, as explained by
> Stig, to the supporters of James II and his descendants (i.e. the Jacobites)
> who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland in the first half
> of the 18th C.

Right. 

> I'm still pretty certain that Stig is a Laplander (Sami), however.

Interesting, this page provides review of other pages. 


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