E. Clifford Nelson's standard academic history of Lutheranism in North America identifies Reorus Torkillus, who arrived at Fort Christina on the Delaware River on 17 April 1640, as the first Lutheran pastor to organize a congregation in what would become the United States, and traces the Swedish colonial congregation's survival under Dutch and English rule into the eighteenth century.
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Reliability Tier1
The standard academic history of Lutheranism in North America, tier 1, matching the tier the map already gives its other foundational academic references, used here for Torkillus's 1640 arrival and the congregation's later survival, corroborated by Wikipedia's biographical account of Torkillus below. NotesUsed for Torkillus's 17 April 1640 arrival at Fort Christina and the congregation's survival into the eighteenth century.
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AuthorE. Clifford Nelson
PublisherFortress Press
URLhttps://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/3002092
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Americas directly: "E. Clifford Nelson's standard academic history of Lutheranism in North America identifies Reorus Torkillus, who arrived at Fort Christina on the Delaware River on 17 April 1640, as the first..."
Source E. Clifford Nelson, The Lutherans in North America, Revised Edition (Fortress Press, 1980)E. Clifford Nelson
This source names Delaware directly: "who arrived at Fort Christina on the Delaware River on 17 April 1640, as the first Lutheran pastor to organize a congregation in what would become the United States, and traces the Swedish colonial..."
Source E. Clifford Nelson, The Lutherans in North America, Revised Edition (Fortress Press, 1980)E. Clifford Nelson
This source names Lutheranism directly: "Clifford Nelson's standard academic history of Lutheranism in North America identifies Reorus Torkillus, who arrived at Fort Christina on the Delaware River on 17 April 1640, as the first Lutheran..."
Source E. Clifford Nelson, The Lutherans in North America, Revised Edition (Fortress Press, 1980)E. Clifford Nelson
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Spread Events, 11 claims: 3 well-attested, 6 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
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