A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=53705 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: July 29 1908 Article Description: Queen of Holland Receives Gift From Lewes Zwaanendael Club. Article Text: Lewes, Del., July 23, 1908: Word was received here today that the Rev. C. H. B. Turner, the envoy extraordinary from the Zwaanendael Club of this town to the Queen of Holland, had fullfilled his mission and presented her a picture of the club with the flag of Holland waving above it. The Zwaanendael club, member of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, was named for Captain Zwaanendale, Hollander, who was first white man to land in the Lewes area and make settlement several years before Philadelphia. It has been said to be the oldest settlement, even before Jamestown in Virginia. Rev. Mr. Turner of St. Peters Episcopal Church, who is a historian of Dutch colonization of America who made a trip before to present a similar picture to the King and Queen of England, this last week gave the original to the Queen of Holland. He was graciously received and the Queen manifested considerable interest in the history of the trip. Rev. Mr. Turner will research the history of the expedition while in Holland. The Zwaanendael members are; Eva Virden, Mary Bohm, Mrs. Thomas Carpenter, Mrs Louis Bertran, Mrs Harry Lyons, Mrs William R. Messick, Mrs William P. Orr. Elizabeth Long, Mrs Purnell Norman, Catherme Maull, Mrs. William Maull, Mrs. James Thompson, Mrs. William Virden, Mrs. Thomas B. Schellanger, Vergie Mustard, Helena Mustard, Henrietta Bertran, Mrs. John Schellanger and Mrs John P. Virden. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com