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	List of colonial governors in 1798 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Angola - Miguel António de Melo, Governor of Angola (1797-1802)
		Cristovao Pereira de Castro, Governor of Macau (1797-1800)
		New South Wales - John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales (1795-1800).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_in_1798 (83 words)

	Colonial Governors
		OF the colonial governors sent from Britain to the American colonies before the Revolution, and of the provincial governors from that time to 1789, upwards of forty were of Scottish birth or descent.
		Although he held the appointment of Governor of Virginia, he does not, however, appear ever to have been in the colony, as during his brief term of office he was detained in Boston in negotiations with the New England authorities in raising an army for the ensuing campaign.
		In 1781, when the colony was in its most desperate and trying position he accepted the position of governor, and took part in the siege of Yorktown as commander of the Virginia militia.
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	Intimate Enemies
		The governor had fortifications constructed at the corners of the town, ostensibly to protect against attack from outside the colony, and he had a wall fifteen feet high built around the frightened inhabitants of the city.
		We tend to think of colonial governors as earlier versions of the modern official, but their position was actually that of commander of a military post who had, in addition to the primary responsibility of defending the colony, the secondary concern of governing its inhabitants.
		The governors frankly disclosed what was in their minds as they made particular decisions; which rivalries and winds of malice influenced their actions; and which contingencies or developments they were watching out for.
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	California During the Revolution
		For their part, California governors and presidial commanders found the mission priests to be a haughty lot who sometimes considered themselves superior to the military.
		Governors and commanders assumed that the soldiers would remain in California following their tours of duty and local marriages and land grants were strong inducements to this end.
		The fathers of the Mexican governors Alvarado and Pico and of the Generals Vallejo and Castro had all begun as presidials, as were the founders of the important California houses of De la Guerra, Ortega, Peralta, Valencia, Sanchez, Bernal, Alviso, Galindo, Carrillo, Moraga, and others.
	www.americanrevolution.org /cal.html (7414 words)

	New York State Senate >> About the Senate >> Historical Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In December of 1653, the governor dismisses demands for increased self-government from a delegation representing the settlers.
		Governor Dongan, his Council and delegates meet at Fort James in New York City and pass the "Charter of Liberties and Privileges" which establishes an elected Assembly to share legislative power with the governor and his Council.
		The governor and senators are to be elected by men who had a freehold worth 100 pounds above indebtedness and assemblymen are to be elected by men who are a county resident for six months, paid taxes, and either owned a freehold worth 20 pounds or rented one for 40 shillings.
	www.senate.state.ny.us /sws/aboutsenate/timeline.html (3416 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Whyte and the colonial treasurer, Charles Meredith (q.v.) were the first to go on ministerial tours, and as a result vigorous efforts were made to open up the country by constructing roads and bridges.
		The colonial office was unable to understand that convict labour could not be made to pay its way, and Wilmot was made responsible for the faults of a system he had no power to amend.
		He was also in the forefront of the struggle with Gipps concerning generally the powers of the council and the governor on the land question, and in 1846 moved and carried an address to the governor acquainting him that the council could not entertain a bill he had originated.
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	1797 [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Colonial governors1796 colonial governors - Events of 1797 - 1798 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year...
		1797 was a common year starting on SundayThis is the calendar for any common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A).
		It was signed at Tripoli on November 4, 1796 and at Algiers (for a third-party guarantee) on January 3, 1797 by Joel Barlow, the American consul to the Barbary states of Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis.
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		The export trade to the Colonies consists of three great branches: the African-- which, terminating almost wholly in the Colonies, must be put to the account of their commerce,--the West Indian, and the North American.
		As the growing population in the Colonies is evidently one cause of their resistance, it was last session mentioned in both Houses, by men of weight, and received not without applause, that in order to check this evil it would be proper for the Crown to make no further grants of land.
		This nation has formally acknowledged two things: first, that the Colonies had gone beyond their abilities, Parliament having thought it necessary to reimburse them; secondly, that they had acted legally and laudably in their grants of money, and their maintenance of troops, since the compensation is expressly given as reward and encouragement.
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	The Frontier In American History: Chapter III
		Riots occurred when the colonial authorities attempted to assert possession, and the matter was at length compromised in 1719 by allowing Litchfield to be settled in accordance with the town grants, while the colony reserved the larger part of northwestern Connecticut.
		The diplomacy of New York governors during this period of the Old West, in securing a protectorate over the Six Nations and a consequent claim to their territory, and in holding them aloof from France, constituted the most effective contribution of that colony to the movement of American expansion.
		Among the objects of the colony, as specified in the charters, were the relief of the poor and the protection of the frontiers.
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		The curious medley of religious zeal, philanthropy, and gold-hunger, communicated the first governors under the title of "instructions" did not long keep them in doubt as to which of the three--the observance of religious practises, the kind treatment of the natives, or the remittance of gold--was most essential to secure the king's favor.
		Governor Mendoza undertook a punitive expedition to Vieques, in which the cacique Yaureibo was killed; but the Indians had lost that superstitious dread of the Spaniards and of their weapons that had made them submit at first, and they continued their incursions, impeding the island's progress for more than a century.
		The attacks seemed to grow bolder, and not till Governor Mendoza himself led an expedition to Vieques, in which the cacique Yaureibo was killed, did the Indians move southeastward to Santa Cruz.
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	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Charles des Champs de Boishébert (1729- 1797).
		Ramezay was to wait at the Isthmus of Chignecto and station himself and the bulk of his forces there until he received further orders directly from his French superiors; who, it was expected, would be casting their anchors out into the harbouring waters of Chebucto (Halifax) at some point during the summer of 1746.
		He experienced with his soldiers and his new colony the most frightful destitution, in spite of the economy he had practised in the distribution of foodstuffs.
		V.] On April 14th, 1755, at The Council of Alexandria, the colonial governors, acting all as one (a most unusual occurrence) determined that a state of war existed: declared or not.
	blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Boishebert.htm (2679 words)

	Pre-Republic Governors of Texas - Texas State Library
		According to MARTINEZ PACHECO, RAFAEL, The Handbook of Texas Online, Pacheco was appointed ad interim governor of Texas December 5, 1786 and his removal was approved by the viceroy on October 18, 1790.
		The list of governors in the 1998-1999 Texas Almanac gives his term of office at 1787-1788, and notes that from 1788 to 1789, the office of governor was suppressed, and the area was ruled by a presidial captain.
		According to MUNOZ, MANUEL, The Handbook of Texas Online, Elguezabal became interim governor in 1797 because Munoz was ill, and continued in this post following Munoz' death in July of 1799.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /ref/abouttx/prerepub.html (246 words)

	De. Colonial Leader Gunning Bedford, Sr.
		By October of 1795, his political star had risen as he was chosen the Federalist candidate for Governor of Delaware.
		The first move toward public education in the state was made by putting all marriage and tavern license fees in a fund earmarked for schooling.
		On September 28, 1797, Gunning Bedford became the 2nd Governor (President) of Delaware to die while still in office.
	www.russpickett.com /history/bedsrbio.htm (491 words)

	List of colonial governors in 1797 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1790-1797)
		Miguel António de Melo, Governor of Angola (1797-1802)
		D. Cristovao Pereira de Castro, Governor of Macau (1797-1800)
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-colonial-governors-in-1797.htm (121 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1796 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar.
		November 17 November 6 Old Style - Catherine II of Russia called Catherine "The Great" dies and is succeeded by her son Paul I of Russia.
		Jump to: navigation, search A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1796 (4502 words)

	Rhode Island Historical Chronology
		Plymouth Colony warned the Portsmouth and Aquidneck settlements agains the exercise of the authority by virtue of the "Warwick" charter.
		Joseph Wanton, the last of the Colonial Governors suspended by act of the General Assembly, on account of Tory proclivities.
		First Naval engagement of the Revolution; between a colonial sloop commanded by Capt. Abraham Whipple and a tender of the British frigate "Rose", in which the tender was chased on to Conanicut shore and capture.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ri/state/richron.html (1834 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: 1797 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		1794 1795 1796 - 1797 - 1798 1799 1800
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, 1797; all previous versions may be viewed here.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=1797 (791 words)

	archivists newsletter - BULLDOG, Maryland State Archives
		In the colonies, this conflict was known as King George's War (1744-1748), because it involved the family connection of German born and German bred George I. To a large extent, it was fought in Europe, but in the New World, it took place in Canada.
		With assistance from the northern colonies, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and an army of civilians, led by William Pepperrell, aided by the British, fleet, the impossible was accomplished.
		Governor Shirley now turned to plans for the invasion of Canada by a colonial militia, but the British military were not about to allow such an independent venture for their colonial subjects.
	www.mdarchives.state.md.us /msa/refserv/bulldog/bull87/html/bull87b.html (13172 words)

	St. Louis Public Library: Premier Library Sources: The Great Experiment: George Washington and the American Republic: ...
		On July 2, 1776, the colonies passed a resolution calling for independence, and on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved.
		Focuses on the tensions between the president and Congress during a foreign policy crisis, incorporating issues such as the power to wage war, to conduct diplomacy, to operate in secrecy, to exercise the power of the purse, to hold government branches accountable to each other, and the media’s responsibilities in matters of national security.
		After the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia in 1619, the British colonies lay the groundwork for a system of racial slavery, which generates profits that ensure the colonies growth and survival.
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	Ohio County West Virginia American Local History Network Site
		West Liberty served as the county seat from 1776 to 1797, and was legally established on the lands of Reuben Foreman and Providence Mounce on November 29, 1787.
		In 1790, Ohio County had the fifth largest population (5,212) of the nine counties that were then in existence and fell within the current boundaries of West Virginia.
		Wheeling, the county seat since 1797, was originally settled by Colonel Ebenezer Zane and his brothers, Jonathan and Silas, in 1769.
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	Bronx County Historical Society \| Notable Bronxites
		Caleb Heathcote came from a family of English merchants and was so respected by many colonial governors that he was allowed to hold several colonial offices at the same time.
		Grandson of a colonial chief justice involved in the Zenger case that brought freedom of the press to America, Lewis Morris was an early supporter of the American Revolution.
		A native of colonial Connecticut, Samuel Seabury came to the town of Westchester, near Westchester Square, as the Rector of St. Peter’s Church.
	www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org /about/notablebronxites.html (7773 words)

	PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF - Online Information article about PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF
		Jenkins, et al., Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal (3 vols., Philadelphia, 1903).
		Jackson, Outline of the Literary History of Colonial Pennsylvania (New York, 1908).
		introductory to the same author's Colony and Commonwealth, is an interesting study of the various nationalities and religions represented among the settlers of the state.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAS_PER/PENNSYLVANIA_UNIVERSITY_OF.html (2580 words)

	Internet Public Library: Slavery and Religion in America: A Time Line 1440-1866
		1680's Colonial governors in North America are instructed by England to convert slaves and Native-Americans to Christianity.
		1701 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts is established by the Church of England to send missionaries to the slaves in the North American colonies.
		1797 The number of fl methodists increases to 12,215.
	www.ipl.org /div/timeline (1302 words)

	Alexander Hamilton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hamilton's natural inclinations were then, as always, toward the side of order and established government, but a visit to Boston in the spring of 1774, and a close examination of the questions in dispute, convinced him of the justice of the cause of the colonies.
		In answer to the charges of corruption made by Monroe, he published a pamphlet, containing his correspondence with Monroe on the subject and the supposed incriminating letters on which the charges were based (1797).
		He was appointed United States surveyor of public lands in Illinois, and served as a colonel of Illinois volunteers in the Black Hawk war, commanding a reconnoitering party under General Atkinson in 1832.
	www.alexanderhamilton.org (6104 words)

	HSP Manuscript Guide: 100-199
		Among the letters are those of governors of Pennsylvania, 1789-1920; attorneys general of Pennsylvania, 1791-1920; members of the colonial bar, 1690-1775; members of the High Court of Error, 1761-1815; lawyers of the Revolutionary period, 1776-1801; justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1712-1921; and others.
		Miscellaneous papers relate to domestic affairs, local government, land transaction; correspondence of prominent men, illustrative of social, economic, legal, and political affairs during the colonial period; a volume of documents deals with the British army in Chester County, 1777.
		1797, largely engaged in the West Indies and northern European trade, with sugar, coffee, cocoa, and logwood being the major commodities mentioned.
	www2.hsp.org /collections/manuscripts/0100.htm (7460 words)

	HSP Manuscript Guide: 700-799
		Conrad Weiser was a Berks County farmer, tanner and president-judge who served as a colonial Indian agent and interpreter as well as Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the First Battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiment during the French and Indian War.
		Proprietary colonies such as Pennsylvania and company-charter colonies such as Rhode Island were grouped together under the heading of Plantation General.
		The logbook is a record of voyages on the Congress, commanded by Captain James Biddle, from Norfolk, Va., to the West Indies, 1822 and from Wilmington, Del., to South America and return, 1823-1824; also voyage of Grampus commanded by John D. Sloat, from Hampton Roads, Va. to the African coast, 1824.
	www2.hsp.org /collections/manuscripts/0700.htm (4193 words)

	Rambles in colonial byways. v.II:a machine-readable transcription.
		This episode of Claiborne's Virginia chaplain gave the Anglican Church a permanent foothold on the Eastern Shore, for as the colony of the Isle of Kent spread gradually to the mainland, wherever it fixed itself the parish was organized, the church was built, and the magistrate's duties devolved upon the vestrymen and church-wardens.
		This colony of “New Sweden,” as it was called, effected a lodging-place along the banks of the Schuylkill and Delaware, in that part of Philadelphia now known as Southwark.
		These missionaries reached the colony in June, 1697, and were received, as the ancient record states, “with astonishment and tears of joy.” Soon after their arrival Gloria Dei was built in a fervor of pious zeal, carpenters and masons giving their work, and the good pastor daily carrying the hod.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /gc/lhbtn/9409b/9409b.sgm (17674 words)

	A Ripe Idea - Black History
		According to ancient Greek legends, Athens and Thebes were colonies founded by Egyptians and Phoenicians run out of Egypt by the southern fl Pharaoh Sesostris in 1500 B.C. at the start of the 18th dynasty, which reclaimed the Egyptian delta from Libyan and Asian invaders.
		Herodotus, wrote in 450 B.C.:"The temple of Athena [in Rhodes] was founded by the daughters of Danaos, who touched at the island during their flight from the sons of Aigyptos.
		James Forten patented a devise for handling sails and was one of the major sail makers in Philadelphia in 1800.
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