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	Benjamin Franklin - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1753 he and William Hunter were put in charge of the post service of the colonies, which he brought in the next ten years to a high state of efficiency and made a financial success; this position he held until 1774.
		He stood unappalled, gave pleasure to his friends and did honour to his country." 1 Franklin compared the position of the colonies to that of Scotland in the days before the union, and in the same year (1766) audaciously urged a similar union with the colonies before it was too late.
		Hillsborough, who became secretary of state for the colonies in 1768, refused to recognize Franklin as agent of Massachusetts, because the governor of Massachusetts had not approved the appointment, which was by resolution of the assembly.
	www.1911ency.org /F/FR/FRANKLIN_BENJAMIN.htm (5193 words)

	OFFICERS - Online Information article about OFFICERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		case, they were colonels of permanent regiments or governors of fortresses.
		Candidates for commissions in the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Army Veterinary Corps are not required to pass an educational examination, the ordinary course of medical or veterinary education being deemed sufficient, but the Army Council may reject a candidate who shows any deficiency in his general education.
		(5) The conditions for Officers of the Colonial Military Forces are similar to those for the Special Reserve, andc., except that only two months' attachment to a Regular unit, or unit of the Permanent Colonial Forces, is required.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /NUM_ORC/OFFICERS.html (7228 words)

	Top20Louisiana.com - Your Top20 Guide to Louisiana!
		The rest of Louisiana became a colony of Spain by the Treaty of Fountainebleau of 1762.
		Its governor is Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (Democrat) and its two U.S. senators are Mary Landrieu (Democrat) and David Vitter (Republican).
		The ancestors of Creoles generally came to Louisiana directly from France, Spain, or from the French colonies in the Caribbean and settled in New Orleans or in South Eastern Louisiana.
	www.top20louisiana.com (2673 words)

	Everything Louisiana:Louisiana History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		1762 - Louis XV gives the "Island of New Orleans" and all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi to his cousin, Charles III of Spain.
		In 1800, Spain officially returned the Louisiana territory West of the Mississippi to France by the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso to avoid the continued deficits the colony caused and the growing possibility that Spain might have to fight the restless Americans to retain control of the lands.
		For a number of decades during the 19th century, the society was the official custodian of the colonial records of Louisiana, including the French Superior Council records and the Spanish Judicial Records of the Illustrious Cabildo (local governing body).
	www.louisianastatecenter.com /guide/Louisiana_History.htm (3518 words)

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