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  North Carolina Governors
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)

  
 PHMC: Governors of Pennylvania
Becoming governor, not by an election, but by constitutional succession, William Freame Johnston had already proposed a successful idea that guided Pennsylvania through the quagmire of unpaid state debts.
The governor's mother, Elizabeth Freame, was the daughter of an English army private who stayed here after the war between Great Britain and France.
Governor Francis Shunk had been elected to a second term that same year, but tuberculosis forced him to resign on July 9, just eleven days before his death.
www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/governors/johnston.asp   (869 words)

  
  Governors of Mississippi   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Under the provisions of the 1855 constitutional amendment, Governor McWillie was inaugurated November 16, 1857.
In his inaugural address Governor McWillie alluded to the country’s great sectional issues of slavery and states’ rights and predicted that secession of the slave states would become inevitable if those divisive issues were not resolved.
Governor McWillie recommended a statewide public school system and the creation of a state superintendent of education to supervise Mississippi’s free schools.
mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature47/governors/18_will_mcwillie.htm   (506 words)

  
 Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Possessions
Like Hong Kong, the colony was a Chinese window on the larger world and a good source of foreign currency.
Cuba, whose governors are at right, was one of the earliest Spanish colonies, and one of the last.
Governor Antonio de Otermin narrowly missed being killed and had to evacuate the territory.
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 CalendarHome.com - 1851 - Calendar Encyclopedia
1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar).
January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning.
July 1 - Colony of Victoria separates from New South Wales.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /1851.htm   (765 words)

  
 1851 - Biocrawler definition:1851 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
July 1 - Colony of Victoria separates from New South Wales.
You can find it there under the keyword 1851 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1851)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1851andaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1851   (592 words)

  
 Governors of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period
PEDRO DE SARRIO—Appointed governor (ad interim) for the second time, November 22, 1787, on departure of Basco; insurrection in Ilocos because of tobacco monopoly, 1787; death of archbishop Santa Justa y Rufina, December 15, 1787; term as governor, November 22, 1787-July 1, 1788.
JOSÉ MALCAMPO Y MONJE—Marques de San Rafael and rear-admiral; becomes governor, June 18, 1874; conquest of Joló, 1876; given title of count of Mindanao, December 19, 1876; mutiny of artillerymen; term as governor, June 18, 1874-February 28, 1877; given titles of count of Joló and viscount of Mindanao, July 20, 1877.
RAMON BLANCO—Becomes governor, 1893; electric light established in Manila, 1895; formation of Katipunan society; outbreak of insurrection, August 30, 1896; Blanco opposed by ecclesiastics; term as governor, 1893-December 9 (date of royal decree removing him), 1896.
www.zamboanga.com /html/Spanish_governors_of_the_philippines.htm   (3249 words)

  
 Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy
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.
gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html   (20437 words)

  
 State Agency Histories, Maryland State Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The governor was to be elected every three years by the voters of one district on a rotating basis.
In 1844, the governor was elected by voters from the Southern district.
The governor oversaw the election of commissioners to the newly created Board of Public Works that supervised all public works in which the state was a stockholder or creditor.
guide.mdsa.net /history.cfm?agency=54   (545 words)

  
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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 /NEWLtGov/history.cfm   (532 words)

  
 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.
xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/TURNER/chapter3.html   (14336 words)

  
 Government in the Colonial Era- 1840-51
From 1840 to 1851, South Australia was governed by the Governor and a non-elected Legislative Council.
Governor Robe introduced these in 1849, arguing that the revenue this raised was in the interests of the colony as a whole.
The complete dominance by the Governors came to an end in 1851 when South Australia, together with the other Australian colonies was granted a partially elected Legislative Council.
www.parliament.sa.gov.au /AboutParliament/History/EstablishingRepresentativeGovernment/GovernmentintheColonialEra184051.htm   (666 words)

  
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In spite of the attitude of French superiority that prevailed at the colonial exposition, one of its major goals was to demonstrate to the people that the colonies were not simply the homes of exotic peoples and strange customs: they were the source of vital resources contributing to the health of the French economy.
The relationship of France toward her colonies, as argued in all the official documents for the exposition, was one of reciprocity: in exchange for the benefits of French civilization, the colonies would provide material goods to France.
But in 1931, the exposition organizers, backed by Minister of the Colonies Léon Perrier, were not primarily out to impress the natives: they were attempting to impress upon French people the importance of the colonies for the health of France, and the humanitarian good the empire was bringing to her subject nations.
charon.sfsu.edu /PEF/1931B.html   (1499 words)

  
 The State Library of Massachusetts - Facts and Features - Massachusetts Governors
Until 1692, the area now known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was home to two colonies, Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
*Hinckley was Governor until the union of the colonies in 1692, except during the administration of Andros.
Governors of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Territories including the Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony and Maine Appointed by the King Under the Second Royal Charter
www.mass.gov /lib/facts/governors.htm   (274 words)

  
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For nearly a century, the area was the scene of intensive conflict among the British, the French and the Indians.
A decade later, British officials and representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy met at the fort to sign a treaty which ended the policy of British kings and colonial governors ceding Indian lands for political favors.
A year later, British commanders sought to split the colonies by bringing armies north from New York City, south from Canada along the Champlain Valley, and eastward from the Niagara Frontier down the Mohawk River to converge on Albany.
www.rl.af.mil /div/IFO/IFOI/IFOIPA/FactSheet/ROME-CTY.doc   (936 words)

  
 Complete List of NYS Attorneys General
Between 1684 and 1777, the Colonial Attorneys General were appointed by the King of England, or the Colonial Governors on the Crown's behalf.
Until 1702 he was appointed by the governor, after which he was commissioned by the Crown.
By the Constitution the governor was required to do the appointing with the "advice and consent of the council." But in practice it subordinated the governor to the council whenever a majority of the assembly was politically opposed to him, and the annual election of the council greatly increased chances of such opposition.
www.oag.state.ny.us /previous_aglist.html   (922 words)

  
 continental and colonial currency
2 Colonial Governors of Delaware and Notorious Tory
It is one of 72 found in the ruins of an old warehouse foundation where General Benedict Arnold armed his ships in preparation for the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain in 1776.
The General Assembly of Delaware on February 4, 1851, passed an act to incorporate a bank in Milford.
www.macsoldpapermoney.com /money.htm   (1194 words)

  
 1852 - Polsearch
Napoleon III was crowned on 2 December 1852, one year after his constitutional coup.
Colonial governors 1851 colonial governors - Events of 1852 - 1853 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
Years: 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 - 1852 - 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
www.polsearch.com /topics/1852   (234 words)

  
 Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography
Despatch from the Colonial Secretary to the Governor of Jamaica Respecting the Illegal Punishment of two female slaves belonging to Mr Jackson, the Custos of Port Royal in Jamaica.
Despatch from the Governor of British Guiana Transmitting a Report on the State of the Labouring Population of Demerara and Berbice.
Despatches Addressed to the Secretary of State by the Governors of Barbadoes, St Vincent, and St Lucia, and exact letter from the Bishop of Barbadoes, relating to the hurricanes in the West Indies.
www.books.ai /8th/Der-Dom.htm   (4489 words)

  
 Hurst: The Law of Treason: 1
There are, for example, colonial charters, proprietary grants, and colonial and state "Fundamental Articles" and constitutions for each of the original thirteen states.
There was, likewise, royal surveillance of the action of colonial legislatures and executive and judicial agencies under these fundamental colonial documents, and this control may be observed through the records of the Board of Trade and the Privy Council.
Especially in the case of the colonial and state statute books, the inadequacy or absence of indexing will frequently require a check item by item or even by paging of volumes.
www.constitution.org /cmt/jwh/jwh_treason_1.htm   (2738 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.
mdarchives.state.md.us /msa/refserv/bulldog/bull87/html/bull87b.html   (13172 words)

  
 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)

  
 Law Books June 2004 Antiquarian Scholarly Law Books
The Essay on Canon and Feudal Law (first published in 1768) is a powerful argument against parliamentary authority that defends colonial opposition to the Stamp Act.
The idea for this book originated with Franklin, who was sent to London by the Assembly in 1757 to represent the colony in a tax dispute with the Proprietors (descendants of William Penn living in Great Britain).
Except as modified by amendment or repeal, these remained in force until 1828, when they were unilaterally repealed by the state legislature.
www.lawbookexchange.com /june04/law-books-june04-2a.html   (7229 words)

  
 John Stuart Mill
Taylor in 1851 two years after her husband's death there was a complete estrangement from his mother and sisters.
Thus, after the rebellion in 1837 in Canada he defended Lord Durham's recommendations for internal responsible self-government in the colonies, free on the whole from interference from the colonial power, with a form of federal organization to defend the cultural interests of the French minority.
Since those elected would be better informed and wiser on specific issues that those who elected them, it would be wrong to bind the representatives to anything but a very general agreement with the beliefs and the aims of the electors.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/mill   (17600 words)

  
 Maryland Historical Society Library: Leakin-Sioussat Papers, c.1650-c.1960, MS 1497 - Finding Aid
Her papers deal with Maryland colonial history, the Woman's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the Maryland State Federation of Women's Clubs, the Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and Civil Service reform.
The Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames is well represented in the general correspondence.
Sioussat appears to have been most active in the Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and the papers of this organization deal with her activities.
www.mdhs.org /library/Mss/ms001497.html   (2555 words)

  
 CD-ROM Collection List
THE COLONIAL CLERGY AND THE COLONIAL CHURCHES OF NEW ENGLAND.
General Index to the Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey by Frederick W. Ricord.
Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Volumes 1-4 by Robert W. Barnes and F. Edward Wright.
www.gwest.org /cd-rom.htm   (9958 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)

  
 RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees No. 5
Posted by the bridegroom, often with a second person, usually the father or brother of the bride, these were to defray the cost of litigation in the event the marriage was nullified.
Sometimes a parent (usually the father) or guardian went with the couple and gave verbal permission; in other instances a printed form or handwritten consent was used.
Marriage records in the United States can be found primarily at the county and town clerks' offices, but in some cases they are found in the records of churches, ministers, justices of the peace, military, state vital records and boards of health offices, and colonial governors.
www.rootsweb.com /~rwguide/lesson5.htm   (1507 words)

  
 Governors-General Dutch East Indies Aad 'Arcengel' Engelfriet
The colonial state as "Benevolent Father", the Dutch residents as "Wiser Brother".
The present size of the state of Indonesia (with the Dutch artificial boundaries) is still the same as it was during the Dutch colonial period which ended officially in 1949.
It all suggests to me a period of uncertainty and political rivalry in colonial and government circles of the time.
home.iae.nl /users/arcengel/NedIndie/GG.htm   (2533 words)

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