Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1884 — A Valuable List to Save. [ARTICLE]

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As some discussion has arisen as to the settlement of this country, the following statement will be of interest: Virginia was settled at Jamestown in 1607, by English; New York in 1614, at New York, by Dutch; Massachusetts at Plymouth, in 1620, by English; New Hampshire in 1623, at Little Harbor, by English; Connecticut in 1633, at Windsor, by English; Maryland in 1634, at St. Mary, by English; Rhode Island in 1636, at Providence, by English; Delaware in 1638, at Wilmington, by Swedes; North Carolina in 1650, at Chowan River, by English; New Jersey in 1664, at Elizabeth, by English; South Carolina in 1670, at Ashley River, by English; Pennsylvania in 1682, at Philadelphia, by English; Georgia in 1733, at Savannah, by English ; Vermont in 1724, at Fort Dumner, by English; Kentucky in 1775, at Brownsbdrough, by English: Tennessee in 1750, at Fort Loudon, by English; Ohio in 1788, at Marietta, by English; Louisiana in 1699, at Iberville, by French; Jndiana in 1730, at Vincennes, by French; Mississippi in 1716, at Natchez, by French; Illinois in 1720, at Kaskaskia, by French; Alabama in 1711, at Mobile, by French; Maine in 1623, at Saco, by English; Missouri in 1764, at St. Louis, by French; Arkansas in 1685, at Arkansas Post, by French; Michigan in 1670, at Detroit, by French; Florida in 1565, at St. Augustine, by Spaniards; Texas in 1792, at S. A. De Bezan, by Spaniards; lowa in 1733, at Burlington, by English; Wisconsin in 1699, at Green Bay, by French; California in 1769, at San Diego, by Spaniards; Minnesota in 1846, at St. Paul, by Americans; Oregon in 1811, at Astoria, by Americans; Kansas by Americans; West Virginia by Americans; Nevada at Carson City, by Americans; Nebraska and Colorado by Americans.— Boston Transcript.