The Swedish Daler of Nya Korsholm (Philadelphia) Nya Sverige (Pennsylvania) - AD August 1646

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Fort Nya Korsholm [1646 - 1653]

Construction starts in the autumn of 1646 and continues to February 1647, opens February 1647, closed 1653.  This is the approximate location of the fort. We might be able to correct the location after studying older maps of the Schuylkill area.  The fort was erected on the south side of a very convenient island about a gunshot from the mouth of the Schuylkill. Logs and timbers had been cut in the previous autumn and the early part of 1647 and in February it was almost finished. Måns Kling was named the Commander and a gunner and a few soldiers were also stationed there.

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