1 jan 1896 ano - Sweedes Join American Colony

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1896: Groups of Swedes joined the American Colony; members of the Swedish Evangelical Church, led by Olaf Henrik Larsson, arrived from Chicago, Ill., in April and others from the village of Nås in Dalarna, Sweden, arrived in August. (Kells 4) ---- Kells, Laura J. American Colony in Jerusalem Collection : A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, 2011, http://memory.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/uploaded_pdf/ead_pdf_batch_15_jan_2014/ms010123.pdf.