jan 1, 1675 - Quaker Settlement
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the Quakers, or Society of Friends, migrated from the northern midlands of England and Wales to the Delaware valley. Their speechways --mixed with those of later German and Swedish immigrants -- gave rise to the distinctive band of dialects spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and New jersey.
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