Historical ethnography of Morlatton Village in southeast Pennsylvania may prove to be a fruitful approach to understanding second- and third-generation Swedish colonists in the Delaware Valley. Morlatton Village was settled by Swedish, Finnish, English, and German colonists, and appears to have had close ties to the Lenape. Swedes and Finns continued to arrive in the Delaware Valley well after the official end of Swedish rule in 1655, and its population rose from under 400 to over 1,200 by the year 1700. The Swedish Crown continued to supply ordained ministers and Swedish religious books well into the 18th century, and, by the eve of the American Revolution, there were still at least some Swedish speakers living in the Delaware Valley (Craig and Williams 2006, 2008, 2009). Ultimately, the Swedes continued to intermarry with English and German settlers, their churches became Episcopalian, and they ceased to be perceived as a distinct community. Historical records, archaeology, material culture, and aspects of the built environment may prove to be among the entangled threads making up this dynamic community. Insights may shed light on the cultural processes at work in the multicultural communities that characterized the colonial Middle Atlantic.

宾夕法尼亚州东南部莫拉顿村的历史民族志可能被证明是了解特拉华河谷第二代和第三代瑞典殖民者的有效方法。莫拉顿村由瑞典、芬兰、英国和德国殖民者定居，似乎与莱纳佩人有着密切的联系。1655 年瑞典统治正式结束后，瑞典人和芬兰人继续抵达特拉华河谷，到 1700 年，那里的人口从不足 400 人增加到 1,200 多人。瑞典王室继续提供受任命的牧师和瑞典宗教书籍。 18 世纪，到美国独立战争前夕，特拉华河谷仍然至少有一些讲瑞典语的人（Craig and Williams 2006, 2008, 2009）。最终，瑞典人继续与英国和德国定居者通婚，他们的教堂变成了圣公会，他们不再被视为一个独特的社区。历史记录、考古学、物质文化和建筑环境的各个方面可能被证明是构成这个充满活力的社区的纠缠不清的线索之一。洞察力可能会揭示以殖民地中大西洋为特征的多元文化社区中起作用的文化过程。