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	List of colonial governors in 1796 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Angola - Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1790-1797)
		Macau - Jose Manuel Pinto, Governor of Macau (1793-1797)
		New South Wales - John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales (1795-1800).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_in_1796 (91 words)

	John McKinly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was a veteran of the French and Indian War, served in the Delaware General Assembly, was the first elected President of Delaware, and for a time was a member of the Federalist Party.
		He was known to have contributed to the salaries of the teachers in the school and sponsored many students in their education.
		McKinly died August 21, 1796 in Wilmington, Delaware, was buried first at the Presbyterian Churchyard in Wilmington, and then was moved to the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, in Wilmington in 1922.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_McKinly (1401 words)

	The Guyana-Suriname boundary during the colonial era
		As it was, however, the colonies got caught up in the whirlwind of the Napoleonic wars, and in the course of their changing hands, the agreement acquired legitimacy.
		The Governor of Suriname declined this invitation because, he said, he had not been furnished with instructions from the Netherlands, he was not aware of any dispute over this border, and he doubted that the exercise would have any impact on difficulties that might arise in the future.
		This position was reiterated by the Minister for the Colonies in 1924, 1925 and 1927 in the Dutch Parliament.
	www.guyanaca.com /suriname/guyana_suriname_colonial.html (3572 words)

	North Carolina History
		The council served as an advisory group to the governor during the proprietary and royal periods, as well as serving as the upper house of the legislature when the assembly was in session.
		If a governor or deputy governor was unable to carry on as chief executive because of illness, death, resignation, or absence from the colony, the president of the council became the chief executive and exercised all powers of the governor until the governor returned or a new governor was commissioned.
		The governor and other executive officers were elected to four-year terms, while the justices of the supreme court and judges of the superior court were elected to eight-year terms.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /NC/HISTORY/HISTORY.HTM (3577 words)

	1796 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		1793 1794 1795 - 1796 - 1797 1798 1799
		1796 was a leap year starting on Friday.
		You can find it there under the keyword 1796 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1796)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1796andaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1796 (656 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 293, VIRGINIA: Library of Economics and Liberty
		If the new colony was to have any limits whatever on the west it would seem most natural that the northerly boundary should be the westward line, and the southerly boundary the northwestward line, to intersect it.
		The governor was now to hold office for three years, and the judges were to be removable by a two-thirds vote of both houses.
		In November, 1881, it elected Governor Cameron by a vote of 111,473 to 99,757 for the "funder" candidate, Daniel, and obtained a majority in both branches of the legislature.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy1063.html (4238 words)

	Lt. Governor Bill Bolling - The Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
		The President acted as Lieutenant Governor in the case of the death, inability, or necessary absence of the Governor from the government.
		The Lieutenant Governor had to be 30 years of age, a native citizen of the United States and a resident of Virginia for five years prior to his election.
		The Constitutional Convention of 1902 changed state residency for the Lieutenant Governor back from three to five years, and although no changes were made in the provisions of the office of Lieutenant Governor during the reorganization amendments of 1928, the adoption of the short ballot increased the visibility of the office.
	www.ltgov.virginia.gov /educational/aboutOffice.cfm (1381 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of Scotland's Mark On America, by George Fraser Black. Ph.D.
		Charles Foster (1825-1904), Governor of Ohio (1880-84), was Secretary of the Treasury from 1891 to 1893.
		Nathaniel Alexander (1756-1808), thirteenth Governor (1805-07), was of Scottish descent.
		1848), thirty-second Governor (1896-1900), were-both grandsons of Scots.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/5/1/6/15162/15162-h/15162-h.htm (16856 words)

	Cultural & Political Chronology (1750-1783)
		With the death of John Robinson, Speaker of the House of Burgesses and treasurer of the colony of Virginia, a scandal came to light in Virginia.
		Richard Hayward's statue of the deceased Virginia governor Lord Botetourt was installed at the Capitol in Williamsburg.
		George III declared the colonies in a state of rebellion and threatened to deal harshly with traitors.
	www.colonialwilliamsburg.org /almanack/resources/dateline/polcron.cfm (4959 words)

	Oliver Wolcott Sr. (CT)
		He was the son of Governor Roger Wolcott, and was born in Windsor on Nov. 25, 1726.
		The governor placed him in command of a detachment of Connecticut militia embracing fourteen regiments raised for the defense of New York.
		"Governor Wolcott’s patriotism, was of the highest type, and he was always looked upon by the leaders of the Revolution as a brave defender of the cause.
	history.rays-place.com /bios/oliver_wolcott_sr.htm (1064 words)

	Text Only Version--Charleston's Historic Religious and Community Buildings
		Colonial Charleston was the wealthiest of English cities in America, and the city's elite maintained close ties with London.
		Philip's might be considered anticipatory of the Colonial Revival movement of the late 19th century, if it were not for the motivation of the conservative vestry and congregation.
		In 1902 the Colonial Dames acquired the pre-revolutionary Powder Magazine, one of the oldest remaining structures associated with the permanent settlement of Charleston of 1680.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nR/travel/charleston/text.htm (16956 words)

	PHMC: Pennsylvania History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Thomas Mifflin, Pennsylvania's first governor under the Constitution of 1790, was a moderate who avoided commitment to any party but leaned toward the Jeffersonians.
		Following the adoption of the new constitution in 1838, six governors followed in succession prior to the Civil War, two of whom were Whigs.
		Its production of iron was notable even in colonial times, and the charcoal furnaces of the state spread into the Juniata and western regions during the mid-1800s.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/pahist/civil.asp?secid=31 (3841 words)

	A Checklist of Primary Sources for Early American History
		Colonial captivities, marches and journeys, edited, under the auspices of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, by Isabel M. Calder...
		Correspondence of William Shirley, governor of Massachusetts and military commander in America, 1731-1760, edited under the auspices of the National society of the colonial dames of America, by Charles Henry Lincoln.
		Speeches of the Governors of Massachusetts from 1765-1775 : and the answers of the House of Representatives to the same; with their resolutions and addresses for that period and other public papers relating to the dispute between this country and Great Britain which led to the independence of the United States.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/HSTDEPT/HST116/Wells/colsoc (13309 words)

	GOVERNORS OF NORTH - Online Information article about GOVERNORS OF NORTH
		For the colonial and revolutionary periods there are some excellent studies.
		Defence of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (1909), are perhaps the best of the attempts to prove the same Declaration genuine.
		sources are The Colonial Records of North Carolina (Jo vols., Raleigh, 1886-189o) ; and The State Records of North Carolina (vols.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GOVERNORS_OF_NORTH.html (1088 words)

	CaRJ Ancestors in Colonial America
		Virginia Governor Robert "King" Carter, through his mother Sarah Ludlowe, is reported to be a 15th generation descendant of King Ferdinand III (Saint Ferdinand III), of Castile and Leon (born 1199).
		He emigrated to the Colony of Virginia about 1650, and first lived in the Parish of Stratton-Major, in King and Queen County, and later at "Buckingham House," Middlesex County, where a ruined chapel, said to have been a part of his residence is still to be seen.
		Alice Eltonhead and three sisters came to the Colonies to be with her uncle William Eltonhead, an official in Maryland for Lord Baltimore.
	www.cssvirginia.org /tyson/jones/carj-ancestors.html (5128 words)

	ACVA : Visitors Guide : History 101
		On April 14, 1755, an event occurred in the city that began a twenty-year period of civil unrest in the Colonies that culminated in war.
		On that date, five Royal Governors of the colonies met with British General Edward Braddock at his headquarters, the Carlyle House, to discuss ways to fund British military campaigns in the French and Indian War.
		The succession of taxes that followed fanned the flames of Colonial resentment against England and cries of "taxation without representation" began to sound, rallying the colonists against the crown.
	www.funside.com /history_101.asp (905 words)

	Colonial Capitals of the Dominion of Virginia
		Governor Nott, who is buried in Bruton churchyard, procured through the Assembly an act for building the palace and a appropriation of 3,000 for the same.
		At the same time a detachment of sailors and marines from the British ship "Fowey" had arrived to guard the Governor s person, and a letter from the commander of the gun-boat to the president of the council, threatening to fire upon the town should the governor be molested or attacked.
		Washington was distinguished among the belles, who graced the vice-regal courts of the colonial governors Gooch and Dinwiddie, for her beauty and intellect.
	www.newrivernotes.com /va/colcap.htm (18145 words)

	West Indies Papers - UF Special and Area Studies Collections
		Correspondence of the various colonial governors of the British West Indies together with financial accounts and pay warrants.
		Correspondence of the various colonial governors of the British West Indies, together with financial accounts and pay warrants, during the latter part of the 18th and the early half of the 19th centuries.
		Most are in English, including those from foreign colonies dating from periods of British occupation.
	web.uflib.ufl.edu /spec/manuscript/guides/WestIndies.htm (835 words)

	GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT - Online Information article about GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT
		For the sources, see Colonial Records of Connecticut (15 vols., Hartford, 1850-189o); The Records of the Colony and the See also:
		Governor Joseph Talcott.; and the Papers (New Haven, 1865 et seq.) of the New Haven Colony Historical Society are extremely valuable for See also:
		relating to the colonial and state periods, now in the state library at Hartford, have never been published.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GOVERNORS_OF_CONNECTICUT.html (588 words)

	George Wyllys
		Died: March 9, 1645 in Hartford, CT George Wyllys was born 1589 or 1590 at the manor of Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, England, the son of Richard and Hester (Chambers) Willis.
		Governors Wyllys, Webster, Welles, and Hopkins all built homes along the same street, which was called Governor Street until, in more recent times, its name was changed to Popieluszko Court.
		After his term as governor expired, Wyllys served as an Assistant to the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut and was also chosen to be a Commissioner from Connecticut to The United Colonies of New England in 1643.
	www.cslib.org /gov/wyllysg.htm (665 words)

	continental and colonial currency
		Vellum document dated August 20, 1795 Signed by Thomas Mifflin, Governor and James Trimble, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and witnessed by the Honorable Edward Shippen, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court as well as many other fine signatures.
		This deed is for the purchase of a tract of land in Franklin County, Georgia from Leroy Pope to Edmund Hall for the sum of twelve thousand pounds.
		Thomas Mifflin aide-de-camp to George Washington and a signer of the United States Constitution was elected governor of Pennsylvania for three consecutive terms.
	www.macsoldpapermoney.com /money.htm (1608 words)

	State Governors of Louisiana: William Charles Cole Claiborne
		Member of Tennessee constitutional convention in Knoxville where he is lauded by territorial governor Blount and named by the new state governor Sevier to the supreme court.
		He is confirmed as governor January 26, 1802 at the age of 26.
		One of his most important acts as territorial governor of Mississippi was the settlement of chaotic land titles, which method was used by the Federal government in future settlements.
	www.enlou.com /people/claibornewcc-bio.htm (883 words)

	Notable Backuses
		Jonathan Trumbull, friend and confidant of George Washington and Governor of Connecticut during the Revolution, was not a Backus descendant.
		Most colonial governors at the time of independence were "tory", or "pro-England".
		Jonathan Trumbull is the only governor before the revolution who was a revolutionary and stayed on as governor through the Revolution.
	members.tripod.com /~ntgen/bw/bkus_fmus8.html (1449 words)

	Historical Roster of the Governors of Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Elected by Executive Council as both Governor and a Representative to the Continental Congress.
		He served 67 days but vacated office when the State Supreme Court ruled that the Constitutional provision under which he was elected was not applicable in that instance and Ellis Arnall's term continued until the next election.
		When Melvin E. Thompson was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor, Arnall resigned and Thompson served as Acting Governor until the next General Election.
	www.georgiaarchives.org /what_do_we_have/govhisroster.htm (396 words)

	Early History of Wood County
		In 1783, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and put in command of the troops defending the border against Indian raids.
		In 1784, he was elected a member of the Virginia executive council and, by seniority, was the lieutenant Governor of the State.
		He was an ardent opponent of slavery throughout his lifetime and served as President of the society for the promotion of abolition of slavery in Virginia in 1801.
	www.polsci.wvu.edu /wv/Wood/woohistory.html (939 words)

	New Netherland Project Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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)

	Early History of Pleasants County
		He served in the Virginia General Assembly from 1796 to 1803 and was the clerk of the Virginia lower house from 1803 to 1810.
		He then was the Governor of Virginia from 1822 to 1825.
		The first, permanent settlers were Isaac and Jacob LaRue, Frenchmen who had been granted a large tract of land in the present county for their service to the colonies during the American Revolutionary War.
	www.polsci.wvu.edu /wv/Pleasants/plehistory.html (738 words)

	Pledge Questions and Answers
		He opposed the laws in colonial Virginia which authorized governmental officials to arrest Baptist ministers for the "crime of heresy." In the 1780's in the Virginia House of Delegates, he led the opposition to Patrick Henry and others seeking to reestablish the Episcopal church as the official state church in Virginia.
		In the colonial period and during the American Revolution many Episcopalian ministers took an oath of allegiance to the King of England, the official head of the Episcopalian Church at the time.
		He was a member of the Board of Governors of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and served as its Chaplin.
	www.pledgeqanda.com (5982 words)

	The Fictions of "Bucky" Jones and the Creators of Australian History
		In the early 1820s Joseph Foveaux enjoyed a reputation as a respected colonial administrator and was consulted by the English Government on requirements for the proposed Second Settlement (1825-1855) on Norfolk Island.
		After arriving in New South Wales in 1792, Foveaux served over 14 years in the Colony; he had been the paymaster to the New South Wales Corps for seven years before his three-year term (1796-1799) as the Commanding Officer of the Corps and the Acting Lieutenant Governor to Governor Hunter.
		He was praised by Lord Hobart, Governor King and the appreciative free settlers on the island for the manner in which he prevented the planned December 1800 Irish revolt on Norfolk Island.
	www.postcolonialweb.org /australia/wright.html (1558 words)

	Bermuda and Great Britain
		The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda is appointed by the FCO and approved by The Queen (on the advice of the British Government in London) after consultation with the Premier of Bermuda.
		The Governor since April 2002 is Sir John Vereker, 59 in 2004, most recently Permanent Secretary of the Department of International Development in London.
		The Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the Governor is a Bermuda Regiment officer.
	www.bermuda-online.org /colonial.htm (4786 words)

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