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that the French and Spanffi privateers intended 

 to fail up the river, and to attempt a landing. 

 It ftands, according to the accounts of the late 

 Rev. Mr. Tranberg, on the fame fpot where the 

 Swedes had built theirs. It is remarkable, that 

 on working in the ground this fummer, to make 

 this redoubt, an old Swedijh filver coin of Queen 

 Cbrtftina* not quite fo big as a {hilling, was 

 found at the depth of a yard, among fome other 

 things. The Rev. Mr. T'ranberg afterwards 

 prefented me with it. On one fide were the 

 arms of the houfe of'ffafa, with the infcription : 

 CHRISTINA. D. G. DE. RE. SVE. that is, 

 Chriftina, by the grace of God, elefted Queen of 

 Sweden ; and near this the year of our Lord 

 1633. On the reverfe were thefe words : MO- 

 NET A NOVA REGN1 SVEC. or, A new coin 

 tf the kingdom of Sweden. At the fame time, a 

 number of old iron tools, fuch as axes, {hovels, 

 and the like, were difcovered. The redoubt, 

 that is now eredled, confifts of bulwarks of 

 planks, with a rampart on the outfide. Near it 

 is the powder magazine, in a vault built of 

 bricks. At the ere&ion of this little fortifica- 

 tion, it was remarkable, that the quakers, whofe 

 tenets rejed even defenfive war, were as bufy as 

 the other people in building it. For the fear* of 

 being every moment fuddenly attacked by pri- 

 vateers conquered all other thoughts. Many of 

 them fcrupled to put their own hands to the 

 Worjc ; but forwarded it by fupplies of money, 

 and by getting ready every thing which was ne- 

 ceflary. 



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