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Title: Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania ...
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860 Hazard, Willis P. (Willis Pope), 1825-1913
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Publisher: Philadelphia : J.M. Stoddart & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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rchard occupiestheir place. About 1669 a block-house with loopholes was erected. In 1677 a parish was organized, and this block-house on themain land was used as a church until the present edifice waserected. At the time of William Penns arrival, who is said tohave landed near this spot when he came from Chester, the siteof the block-house was a beautiful shaded knoll, sloping gradu-ally down to the river. North of it, where Christian street is,was a little inlet, and on the north side of the inlet was anotherknoll on which was situated the log cabin of three Swedishbrothers, Swenson or Swanson, who sold to William Penn thesite of Philadelphia, and who were, besides, at one time theowners of Southwark, Moyamensing, and Passyunk. Old Swedes Church (Gloria Dei), erected on the site of thisblock-house, is now one of the oldest landmarks of Philadelphia,and on Sunday, May 27, 1877, within its historic walls was cele-brated the two hundredth anniversary of the formation of the s § I h - i
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Old Swedes Church. 107 parish. The previous year the one hundred and seventy-sixthanniversary of the dedication of the present building was cele-brated. At that time the rector, Rev. Snyder B. Simes, said inreference to this anniversary: But I cannot stop here, nor can I at this time enlarge on thatexceedingly interesting portion of our history embraced betweenthe first arrival of the colonists, in 1636 or 1637, and the dedi-cation of this church in 1700. For, as many of you are aware,venerable as this church is, still it is not the original buildingwhich stood on this spot, for as early as Trinity Sunday, 1677,the first sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Fabritius in theOld Block Church, as it was called, though as far back as 1646the Swedes consecrated their first church on Tinicum Island. Itsdistance from AVicaco rendered it so inconvenient that the block-house was converted into a place of worship, as I have alreadysaid, in 1677, and this was afterward used for divine service til

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