Fort Elfsborg

Fort Elfsborg is a New Jersey historical marker in Salem County., Salem County, dedicated 1938.

At Elsinborough on County road between Salem and Oakwood Beach, Salem County.

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Not far from here on the New Hersey side of the Delaware River, in 1643, the Swedes erected an earthwork fort with three angles, on order of Gov. Johan Printz to control the River. It was commanded by Lieut. Sven Skute, and was abandoned in 1651.

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John Carter Brown Library, Brown University

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1670 · Virginia and Maryland As it is planted and Inhabited this present Year 1670 ... (John Carter Brown Library, Brown University)
1671 · Noua Terrae-Mariae tabula. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1675 · Pascaerte van Nieu Nederland : streckende vande Zuÿdt Revier tot de Noordt Revier en't… (Princeton University Library)
1795 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Wilmington, Delaware (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Delaware, 1795, covering the location of Fort Elfsborg, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Delaware, 1795, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Fort Elfsborg

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