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  2. Delaware Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Delaware Colony, officially known as the three " Lower Counties on the Delaware ", was a semiautonomous region of the proprietary Province of Pennsylvania and a de facto British colony in North America. [1] Although not royally sanctioned, Delaware consisted of the three counties on the west bank of the Delaware River Bay.

  3. Conquest of New Netherland - Wikipedia

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    3 killed. 10 wounded. The conquest of New Netherland occurred in 1664 as an English expedition led by Richard Nicolls that arrived in New York Harbor effected a peaceful capture of New Amsterdam, Fort Amsterdam and the Articles of Surrender of New Netherland were agreed. The conquest was mostly peaceful in the rest of the colony as well, except ...

  4. Duke of Earl - Wikipedia

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    Duke of Earl. " Duke of Earl " is a 1962 US number-one song, originally recorded by Gene Chandler. It is the best known of Chandler's songs, and he subsequently dubbed himself "The Duke of Earl". The song was written by Chandler, Bernice Williams, and Earl Edwards. This song was a 2002 inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [3]

  5. Province of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    The Province of New Jersey was originally settled in the 1610s as part of the colony of New Netherland. The surrender of Fort Amsterdam in September 1664 gave control over the entire Mid-Atlantic region to the English as part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The English justified the seizure by claiming that John Cabot, an Italian under the ...

  6. Nell Gwyn - Wikipedia

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    Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England (c. April 1668 – 6 February 1685).

  7. New Sweden - Wikipedia

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    New Sweden. New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige) [1] was a colony of the Swedish Empire along the lower reaches of the Delaware River between 1638 and 1655 in present-day Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in the United States. [2] Established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great power, New Sweden formed part of the ...

  8. History of Delaware - Wikipedia

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    I, The Swedes on the Delaware 1638–1664. (1914) Johnson, Amandus The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware 1638–1664, Volume II (1927) Miller, Richard F. ed. States at War, Volume 4: A Reference Guide for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War (2015) excerpt 890pp.

  9. Delaware (song) - Wikipedia

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    Delaware (song) "Delaware" is a popular song, written by Irving Gordon. [1] The song was published in 1959 and has references to 15 states of the United States. [2] The states were portrayed, in the form of puns, as: Della wear, new jersey, Calla 'phone ya, how ar' ya, Missus sip, mini-soda, Ora gone, I'll ask 'er, taxes, Wiscon sin, new brass ...