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MICHAEL C. SWANSON 📈︎ 📧

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Sweden 📈︎

Sofia Spångberg (1898–1992), Swedish peace activist awarded King Haakon VII's Freedom Cross for aiding the Norwegian resistance during WWII.
August Spångberg (1893–1987), Swedish labor politician and Riksdag member.
Linnéa Edgren (1904–1981), Swedish film actress active in the early to mid-20th century.
Gustaf Edgren (1895–1954), Swedish film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Providence and Rhode Island 📈︎

Providence Combination of 1640, the first colonial governing document with female signatories and designed to enforced liberty of conscience.
Providence Civil Compact, the first civil compact (1637) of Providence.
Robert Coles (c. 1600–1655), early Rhode Island colonist known for his punishment in Massachusetts and founding role in Providence Plantations.
John Smith (c. 1595–c. 1649), founding settler of Providence and builder of the town's first gristmill.
Mathew Waller (1617–1680), early settler of New London and Providence; helped construct New London's first gristmill.
Joseph Jenckes Jr. (1628–1717), founder of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Joshua Verin (c. 1611–1695), early Providence settler disfranchised for violating his wife's religious freedom.
Francis Weekes (c. 1616–c. 1689), founding settler of Providence.
Gregory Dexter (1610–c. 1700), London printer and early settler of Providence; known for printing Roger Williams's A Key into the Language of America.
William Mann (c. 1610–1650), original Providence settler with wife Frances Mann in 1636.

Other Early New England & Colonial 📈︎

Joseph Jenckes Sr. (1599–1683), inventor and bladesmith who helped establish Saugus Iron Works; granted America's first machine patent.
Capt. Jonathan Alden Sr. (c. 1632–1697), Plymouth Colony officer and son of Mayflower immigrants; his home is a National Historic Landmark.
Timothy Foster (1720–1785), first settler of Winthrop, Maine and captain in the Revolutionary War militia.
Lieut. Joseph Judson (c. 1619–1690), co-founder of Woodbury, Connecticut.
Greenwood Farm, historic property and nature preserve in Ipswich, MA featuring a 1694 farmhouse.