Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World (Random House, 2004), p. 279, identifies the Finns as the originators of the American log cabin. Pat Gilmartin On May 21, 2013, at 3:01 AM, dutch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: DUTCH-COLONIES Digest, Vol 8, Issue 88 (bomendal) > 2. Re: DUTCH-COLONIES Digest, Vol 8, Issue 88 > (jacassidy22@verizon.net) > > > > From: "bomendal" <bomendal@bellsouth.net> > Date: May 20, 2013 4:16:30 PM EDT > To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] DUTCH-COLONIES Digest, Vol 8, Issue 88 > Reply-To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > > > I recall reading (but do not recall the source) that it was actually the Finns, the most numerous settlers in the Swedish colony, who specialized in building log cabins, which were (and perhaps still are) a common type of structure in Finland, which was, In think, under Swedish control during the time fame in question. Even today, I have read, if you want a well build log cabin, hire a Finn to built it. Having said that, I suppose that the Swedes also built log cabins, but who actually built the first one in New Sweden is not clear to me. > > David Smock > =============== > ----- Original Message ----- From: <dutch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:01 AM > Subject: DUTCH-COLONIES Digest, Vol 8, Issue 88 > > >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: New Sweden anniversary (juliasgenes) >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To contact the DUTCH-COLONIES list administrator, send an email to >> DUTCH-COLONIES-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the DUTCH-COLONIES mailing list, send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> email with no additional text. > > > > > > > > > > From: jacassidy22@verizon.net > Date: May 20, 2013 4:59:38 PM EDT > To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] DUTCH-COLONIES Digest, Vol 8, Issue 88 > Reply-To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > > > > Historians believe that the first log cabins built in America were in the > Swedish colony ofNya Sverige (New [1]Sweden) on the Delaware River in > 1638, The majority of its colonists were actually Forest Finns, because > Finland was part of Sweden at that time. The Swedish Colony only lasted a > couple of decades before it was absorbed by the Dutch Colony of New > Amsterdam, which was soon absorbed by the English. Most of the descendants > of the Swedish-Finnish colony are believed to have stayed in America. They > were considered intelligent and industrious; therefore, ideal citizens of > the new colonies of Delaware and Pennsylvania. > > Taken from an article called the Origin of Log Cabins in North America > > > > > On 05/20/13, bomendal<bomendal@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > I recall reading (but do not recall the source) that it was actually the > Finns, the most numerous settlers in the Swedish colony, who specialized in > building log cabins, which were (and perhaps still are) a common type of > structure in Finland, which was, In think, under Swedish control during the > time fame in question. Even today, I have read, if you want a well build > log cabin, hire a Finn to built it. Having said that, I suppose that the > Swedes also built log cabins, but who actually built the first one in New > Sweden is not clear to me. > David Smock > =============== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <du[2]tch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <[3]dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:01 AM > Subject: DUTCH-COLONIES Digest, Vol 8, Issue 88 >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. 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