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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The Dutch attempted to settle the area that became New Jersey in the early 1600s, but it wasn’t until the Swedes and Finns settled New Sweden along the Delaware River that things began to take hold. Some of those living in New Netherland (eventually New York) gained control, and Dutch farmers began to View Website VIP Subscription

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