Excerpt from Early History of the Lutheran Church in America: From the Settlement of the Swedes on the Delaware, to the Middle of the Eighteenth Century Thus we have succeeded, at least partly, in carry ing out the intentions of the Board, by the prepara tion of a small volume. We have also endeavored to present such a variety of facts, and to show their connection in such a manner, as might possibly make the volume somewhat instructive. Our facilities for the collection of materials, in the several public libraries of Philadelphia and elsewhere, have been such, that a regard to brevity has often compelled us to restrain ourselves from the discussion of matters which would certainly be appropriate to a more extended and elaborate history. We have been the more willing to pursue this course, because we felt that what we did present had much of the charm of novelty, and that we were acting only as pioneers in an enterprise which will surely be undertaken yet, as it deserves to be, with a more comprehensive grasp, and achieved with greater thoroughness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.