Johan Rising
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Johan Rising was the last governor of the Swedish colony of New Sweden in Delaware. After becoming governor in 1654, Rising tried to expel Dutch colonists from Fort Casimir (present-day New Castle, Delaware). The New Netherlands governor, Peter Stuyvesant, called Dutch troops into New Sweden as a response. The colony was overrun and ceased to exist.
External links
- Report of Governor Johan Rising, 1654 (http://www.libraries.psu.edu/digital/pahistory/liz_pdfs/rising.pdf)