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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of Governors of South Carolina
		William Sayle was the governor of South Carolina from 1670 to 1671.
		Joseph Blake, the nephew of British Admiral Robert Blake, was Governor of South Carolina in 1694 (chosen by the council), and from 1696 to 1700.
		Colonel James Moore was the British colonial governor of South Carolina between 1700 and 1703.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Governors-of-South-Carolina (3818 words)

	Pennsylvania Governors - LoveToKnow 1911
		Executive Commissioners1686-1688John Simcock John Eckley John Blackwell Deputy-Governor.1688-1690' Governors of New Netherland and of the Dutch settlements on the Delaware.
		2 The Swedish colonies on the Delaware conquered by the Dutch in 1655.
		5 Governor Shunk resigned in July 1848 and was succeeded by W. Johnston, president of the state senate.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Pennsylvania_Governors (1014 words)

	Government House: Naval Governors, 1729-1824
		Whereas the early governors had been leaders of commercial ventures, the naval governors were professionals, paid a set salary, and given an official mandate to enforce the authority of the Crown.
		In the 1730s several fishing admirals challenged the governor's authority by arguing that this commission was inferior to statute law; but by 1750 the naval governors had become firmly entrenched as the unrivaled political and legal force in Newfoundland.
		The governor, followed by the other offices, proceeded in his launch to the King's Wharf, where he was received by the senior magistrates, the prominent local citizens, and an honour guard from the garrison.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /govhouse/governorship/naval.html (1363 words)

	North Carolina Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		North Carolina's history as an organized governing system led by a governor may be viewed in five chronological stages: the Virginia colony, the southern plantation, the Lords Proprietors, the Royal colony, and the state of North Carolina.
		A chronology of governors serving during each of these stages is listed at the bottom of the page.
		Theactions of the Virginia governor outpaced his authority under the English Crown, and the Southern Plantation and its Commander were short-lived.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/stgovt/governor.htm (958 words)

	Scotland's Mark on America on Scotland's Internet.
		Of the colonial Governors sent from Britain to the American Colonies before the Revolution and of Provincial Governors from that time to 1789, a large number were of Scottish birth or descent.
		Robert Hunter, Governor (1710-19), previously Governor of Virginia, was a descendant of the Hunters of Hunterston, Ayrshire.
		James Logan (1674-1751), born in County Armagh, son of Patrick Logan, of Scottish parentage, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1731 to 1739, and President of the Council (1736-38).
	www.scotlands.com /usa/5.html (1387 words)

	Outline of American History - Chapter 2: The Colonial Period
		In 1618 the Virginia Company issued instructions to its appointed governor providing that free inhabitants of the plantations should elect representatives to join with the governor and an appointive council in passing ordinances for the welfare of the colony.
		Eventually most colonies became royal colonies, but in the mid-17th century, the English were too distracted by the Civil War (1642-1649) and Oliver Cromwell's Puritan Commonwealth and Protectorate to pursue an effective colonial policy.
		The governor of the colony agreed and dismissed the court.
	usa.usembassy.de /etexts/history/ch2.htm (4489 words)

	Louisiana Timeline: Year 1782
		In the summer of 1782 Estaban Rodriguez Miro questions the loyalty of the Cabildo when the merchants conspire to exclude new foreign merchants from the local business comunity.
		In December 1782 the Cabildo, led by Alferez Real Francisco Maria de Reggio, objects to Estaban Rodriguez Miro about the clandestine manner in which usages and customs had been disregarded.
		During 1782 Gilberto St. Maxent, wealthy pro-Spanish merchant, Lt. Governor and father-in-law of two former governors (Unzaga and Galvez) is accused of smuggling and suspended from office.
	www.enlou.com /time/year1782.htm (677 words)

	President of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The king of Great Britain and the governor of New York have at all times the entire command of all the militia within their several jurisdictions.
		William Henry Harrison, born February 9, 1773 in British colonial territory, was the last person to become President who was not a natural-born U.S. citizen.
		Martin Van Buren, born December 5, 1782, was the first President born after the Declaration of Independence and was thus arguably the first natural-born U.S. citizen (rather than a British subject) to become President.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_the_United_States (5317 words)

	AIM25: School of Oriental and African Studies: Light, Francis (The Light Letters)
		In 1786 Light was able to report to the Bengal Government that he had persuaded the Sultan to cede the Island of Penang (Pulau Penang) to the East India Company for $6000 a year.
		He landed with his forces in July 1786, and on 11 August the colony was christened Prince of Wales Island.
		The letters cover the history of relations, negotiations and conflicts between Light, the rulers of Kedah and the Governor General in Bengal leading up to and including the settlement of Penang in 1786 and the armed conflict of 1791.
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=143&inst_id=19 (807 words)

	New Netherland Project Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Calendar of New York Colonial Manuscripts Indorsed Land Papers in the Office of the Secretary of state of New York, 1643-1803.
		Education in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies: Papers of the 7th Rensselaerswyck Seminar of the New Netherland Project, eds.
		Hageman, Howard G. "The Dutch Battle for Higher Education in the Middle Colonies." Education in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies: Papers of the 7th Rensselaerswyck Seminar of the New Netherland Project.
	www.nnp.org /project/bibliography.html (6129 words)

	George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker
		From the records documenting the 199 professional surveys attributed to Washington it is clear that he did not confine himself to Culpeper County, even while he served as its official surveyor.
		In 1753, one year before Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie called for additional troops under Washington's command to defend Virginia's Ohio Valley frontier, Washington was chosen to deliver an ultimatum to the French at Fort Le Boeuf (site of present-day Waterford, Pennsylvania), insisting that they withdraw from the valley.
		Although older published maps were available to British colonial interests, this sketch map alone represents the state of geographical knowledge at the outbreak of the war.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/gmdhtml/gwmaps.html (4107 words)

	The Avalon Project : 18th Century Documents
		Circular Letter to the Governors in America; April 21, 1768
		Circular Letter of the Secretary of Congress, Dated September 28, 1787, Transmitting Copy of the Constitution to the Several Governors.
		Massachusetts Circular Letter to the Colonial Legislatures; February 11, 1768
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/18th.htm (1590 words)

	Revolutionary History, Clarendon County, SC
		In an effort to teach the Richardsons and other Patriots a lesson for helping General Marion, Colonel Tarleton had his troops dig up General Richardson who was buried six weeks earlier and forced his family to view the body.
		Two SC governors and the founder of the Citadel are also buried here at this historic site.
		August 29, 1782 Fair Lawn Skirmish, Marion encounters Fraser and is forced to retreat
	web.ftc-i.net /~gcsummers/revolution.htm (3752 words)

	1782 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		1782 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		1779 1780 1781 - 1782 - 1783 1784 1785
		1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/1/7/8/1782.html (513 words)

	Yale University Library: Yale University Library Research Guide
		v.8: 1660-1714; v.9: American colonial documents to 1776; v.10: 1714-1783; v.11: 1783-1832; v.12, pt.1: 1833-1874; v.12, pt.2: 1874-1914.
		A comprehensive collection of more than 800 early newspapers from London, areas outside of London, and colonial possessions excluding America.
		The set preserves much of the British Libra ry's Burney Newspaper Collection, supplemented by holdings from the Bodleian.
	www.library.yale.edu /instruction/britprim.html (3834 words)

	British History Research Guide
		Lists and indexes [of documents preserved in the Public Record Office].
		Also: Andrews Study (scattered volumes) no.36 Colonial Office records (1911)
		v.43 List of volumes of State Papers relating to Great Britain and Ireland, including the records of the Home Office from 1782 to 1837
	www.library.yale.edu /rsc/history/british/primmss.html (1371 words)

	Bahamas
		1717 British crown colony (effective 26 Jul 1718).
		8 May 1782 - 19 Apr 1783 Spanish occupation.
		8 May 1782 - 19 Apr 1783 Bernardo de Gálvez (b.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Bahamas.html (856 words)

	The Avalon Project : The American Revolution - A Documentary History
		1768 - Circular Letter to the Governors in America; April 21
		1782 - Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America, signed at Versailles July 16, 1782
		1782 - Preliminary Articles of Peace; November 30
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/amerrev/amerrev.htm (634 words)

	African Studies Guide
		Provides a list of the President, cabinet members, the Governor of the Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative for all countries from Angola to Zimbabwe.
		The PRO is the National Archives of the United Kingdom and houses the records of the central government including the archives of the Colonial and Foreign Offices.
		Of special interest are How to Cite Documents in the National Archives and Researching British Colonies and Dominions.
	web.library.emory.edu /subjects/studies/african/africanstudiesguide.html (6369 words)

	PUL History Resources + Great Britain, 1700-1900
		Fisheries, Colonies, Civil Disorder; or in the case of the area studies series, by region, e.g.
		This set covers the American colonies from 1700 through 1784.
		It includes colonial government journals, material on women's history, on the Hudson's Bay Company, on relations with native peoples, and literature, drama and poetry by Canadians before 1900.
	libweb.princeton.edu /help/research/history/tips/britain.php (2875 words)

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