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	Early Colonial Grammar Schools
		Governor Hopkins had made a separate bequest of £500, which should come into the hands of the same trustees for the same purpose, on the death of his wife.
		This supposition is confirmed by the fact that, eleven years before (in 1660), the colonial Assembly had passed an act for the founding of `a college and free schoole,' to which object Berkeley, the council, and the members of the General Assembly all subscribed.
		While Sir Francis Nicholson was governor of Virginia, he not only encouraged and furthered the establishment of William and Mary College, but gave certain lots and houses of his own for the endowment of another free school in that colony.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles24/school-management-22.shtml (6783 words)

	Thomas Prence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He was the treasurer of Plymouth Colony from 1637 to 1640 and he served as Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1645, 1650 and 1653-56.
		In the list of assistants at the head of the "1639" list of Plymouth Colony freemen, but as this list was revised and annotated his name was included in the "Nawsett" portion of the list [PCR 8:173, 177].
		On 6 March 1637/8, having been elected governor, Thomas Prence was excused from the requirement that the governor live in Plymouth, and was permitted to retain his residence in Duxbury [PCR 1:79].
	www.caskey-family.com /genealogy/ThomasPrence.htm (3900 words)

	COLONIAL AMERICA
		Though religious toleration had been introduced into other colonies previously by individual proprietors or governors, this was the earliest legislative enactment in America asserting the principle of religious toleration.
		Governor Berkeley, who had been Governor since 1642, had Charles II proclaimed as King and invited him to assume the administration of Virginia.
		France relinquished to England all her possessions on the mainland of North America east of the Mississippi River except New Orleans; Spain ceded Florida to England in exchange for Havana, captured during the war; and France ceded to Spain the territory west of the Mississippi.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/colonial/main/timeline.html (4337 words)

	List of colonial governors in 1637 Biography on DanceAge
		List of colonial governors in 1637 Biography on DanceAge
		1636 colonial governors - Events of 1637 - 1638 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
		Angola - Francisco de Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1635-1639)
	music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_List_of_colonial_governors_in_1637 (34 words)

	Government House: Proprietary Governors, 1610-1728
		To ensure that their investment remained secure, the shareholders issued a detailed list of instructions ordering Guy, among other things, to prevent idleness among the colonists and to ensure that religious services were held regularly.
		Guy's colony was not beyond the pale of English law, therefore, but operated within a specific set of written laws and regulations.
		The proprietary governors left no legacy for the naval governors to follow; indeed, the customs of the migratory fishery, such as the fishing admirals system, exerted a far greater influence over the island's constitutional development.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /govhouse/governorship/proprietary.html (854 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)

	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)

	A-E Hereditary Society Listings
		The listings are alphabetical, and the index links at the bottom of this text will direct you to the page you seek.
		If any information here is incorrect, or the officers of any society listed here wish certain elements to be altered or removed, please contact the HSC webmaster, and he will do so in a timely manner.
		It is a prerequisite that a candidate shall be a descendant, in the male line, of a forefather resident prior to July 4, 1776, in one of the North American Colonies, that afterwards became the thirteen original states, and shall be nominated for membership and seconded by members of the Order.
	www.hereditary.us /list_a.htm (1370 words)

	American Colonist's Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) In addition to being the decree of Parliament as the standard for Christian doctrine in the British Kingdom, it was adopted as the official statement of belief for the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
		Declaration of Colonial Rights of the Continental Congress (1774) John Adams said that the Declaration of Independence was not much more than a recapitulation of this document.
		According to Adams, the substance of the Declaration is contained in the in the Declaration of Colonial Rights of the Continental Congress, and the essence of it is contained in The Rights of the Colonists, written before the first Congress met, by Samuel Adams.
	mark.perkinsfamily.org /tenants/colonial.library.html (9442 words)

	Archives: Massachusetts Archives Collection
		Governor Andros was imprisoned and the government overthrown on April 18, 1689, shortly after the news of the English Glorious Revolution reached Boston.
		The governor was the commander-in-chief of the militia and appointed all military officials; he had the right to summon, adjourn, and prorogue the General Court.
		The William and Mary Charter was modified in 1725 by the Explanatory Charter, issued by King George I. Further strengthening the position of the governor, this charter gave the governor the sole power to adjourn the House of Representatives and the right to negate the House's choice of their speaker.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /arc/arccol/colmac.htm (3520 words)

	Ask Us A Question (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This is a list of Governors of Virginia since Virginia became a U.S. state following the American Revolutionary War.
		The Governor of Virginia is forbidden by the Constitution of the Commonwealth from serving consecutive terms (making Virginia the only U.S. state in which gubernatorial incumbents are forbidden from running for governor); however, several governors have served two non-consecutive terms (but they are forbidden from serving more than two non-consecutive terms).
		In Virginia, governors and lieutenant governors are elected separately, so the two can be of different political parties and can be political rivals.
	www.bayportnyus.com /profile/List_of_Virginia_Governors (281 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 94005199
		When a colony failed to fulfill its legal obligations by not providing sufficient rum and food, by forcing men to serve beyond the expiration of their term of service, or by demanding additional duties not covered in the initial contract, colonial soldiers felt that their contract was void.
		To the colonial soldiers these actions were legal and sensible, but to British regulars serving alongside the provincials during the colonial wars, such violations of military discipline were intolerable.
		First, unlike European nations the colonies did not develop professional armies, instead relying on a militia system During the Indian wars from 1622 to 1676, colonists gained confidence in, and glorified, this system, believing that citizen-soldiers defending their homes were far superior to an army of mercenaries.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/simon052/94005199.html (7778 words)

	The History of a Well Regulated Militia
		In 1809 a collection of the laws of the Colony of Virginia was published at the request of Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature.
		WHEREAS our late sovereign lady queen Anne, of her grace and bounty, was pleased to bestow a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition, for the service of this colony, which are in danger to be imbezzled and spoilt, for want of a convenient and proper place to keep them in.
		Which said salaries of twenty pounds hereby given to the keeper of the magazine, and to the armourer, shall be paid and satisfied yearly, out of the monies already appropriated and ordered to be paid out of the said duty, shall be fully satisfied and paid.
	www.virginia1774.org /History1.html (4676 words)

	Europeans forts in Ghana: (Gold Coast) Portuguese, Dutch, Danes, Brandenburger: Axim, Elmina, Mouri, Shama, Accra, ...
		During the Portuguese time the garrison of the fortress consisted of a Governor with his staff of ten peoples, a factor or feitor with a staff of four men, two clerks, an apothecary, a surgeon, a smith, a cooper, an overseer of provisions, some stonemasons, some carpenters, two or four priests and about 20-60 soldiers.
		In August 1637 a new Dutch squadron, of 9 ships and 800 men, anchored near Cabo Corço (Cape Coast), where they were joined by 1.000-1.400 African allies, on 26 August 1637 the Dutch landed and, divided in three columns marched toward the fortress.
		Moure was the Dutch headquarters till to the conquest of Elmina in 1637.
	www.colonialvoyage.com /ghana.html (2302 words)

	British Colonial Society
		List and characterize the three regions of British America, choose which you prefer, and defend your answer.
		Was Pennsylvania a colony or a province c.
		British colonies in America, Africa, and Asia were originally created to strengthen Britain.
	www.lampstras.k12.pa.us /mmeylin/teams/king/ss/Units/Unit-Four.html (2201 words)

	Governors of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		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 (3240 words)

	The Colonial Virginia Register
		From 1652 to 1660 the Governors were elected by the House of Burgesses, though there is some reason to believe that their choice may have been influenced by the wishes of the Parliamentary authorities, or of Cromwell.
		The Councillors were the Governor's advisers in executive matters, and patents, etc., are stated to be issued with their "advice and consent." They constituted the General Court -the supreme court of the Colony and also had legislative functions as members of the upper house of the Assembly, corresponding somewhat to our senate.
		The colonial almanacs (which were always published late in the year before that whose date they bear-as is the case now) contain lists which have in the main been found to be very accurate, of the members of the House in existence at the time when the almanac was printed.
	www.newrivernotes.com /va/vareg1.htm (7179 words)

	Virginia National Guard Bibliography
		MacCord, Howard A. "Forts in Colonial Virginia." Virginia Cavalcade, 20 (Autumn 1970), pp.
		Washburn, Wilcomb E. The Governor and the Rebel: A History of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia.
		Ethridge, Harrison M. "Governor Patrick Henry and the Reorganization of the Virginia Militia, 1784-1786." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 85 (October 1977), pp.
	www.army.mil /CMH-pg/ARNG/NG-va.htm (8664 words)

	David Keith Edmonson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This site was prepared as part of the requirements of the course History 150W-01: Colonial and Revolutionary Tidewater at the College of William and Mary, taught by Professor James P. (Jim) Whittenburg.
		The establishment of a colony at Jamestown in 1607 was one of the most significant events in the history of this country and the world.
		The American colonies provided an opportunity for the poor in England, a nation that numbered four million in population at the time of the founding of Jamestown.
	www.resnet.wm.edu /~dkedmo/seminar.html (16481 words)

	Tyler, Education in Colonial Virginia. III. Free Schools
		In 1724 Rev. Thomas Hughes reported the school as endowed with 500 acres of land, three slaves, and a number of cattle; and the master then was George Ranson.
		This free school had not materialized as expected, and it was certainly its failure that was uppermost in Berkeley’s mind when he said, in 1671, that there were no free schools in Virginia.
		James Blair, a Scotch clergyman, recently arrived in the colony, assumed the initiative, and Governor Francis Nicholson and his council, as well as the Convention of Clergy held at Jamestown in 1690, enthusiastically adopted the proposals drawn by him for a college, to be recommended to the next General Assembly.
	www.dinsdoc.com /tyler-3.htm (4469 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.
		The list of Governors of Macao is from a page at the World Statesmen site.
		Cuba, whose governors are at right, was one of the earliest Spanish colonies, and one of the last.
	www.friesian.com /newspain.htm (8450 words)

	American Colonial Literature Syllabus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The book review may evaluate an edition of primary materials that was not included on the reading list.
		Colonial British America: Essays in the New History of the Early Modern Era.
		She finds that colonial men spent most of their time in a multigendered home environment and, unlike the self-reliant men of the next century, sought interdependence with family and community."]
	www.uakron.edu /english/miller/acl (4608 words)

	CD-ROM Collection List
		for a list of common surnames which may be excluded from free searches.
		Keep in mind that most of the disks listed below containing census information DO NOT contain the actual census records; they have only lists of the names of the "Heads Of Household" with a page number where additional information about that individual's household members may be found in the actual census records.
		This index is unique in that it not only lists the "Head of Household", but every member of the household as well for every county in the state.
	www.gwest.org /cd-rom.htm (9969 words)

	Pioneer Books Lists
		With an introductory list of the principal European factories and their marks, compiled by John Cushion of the Department of Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
		353-368 (List of the 462 illustrations which make up this volume) plus the plates which are on art paper and are additional to the pagination (295 x 227 mm).
		List of scholars attending Watervale Grammar School arranged alphabetically and with year of enrolment (1877-1904), with some additional names for the period 1870-1877.
	www.pioneerbooks.com.au /lists/0078.html (8744 words)

	Research Guide to Native American Resources at the Connecticut State Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The preface to this volume lists items from volume 22 that were not included as they were previously published elsewhere.
		A finding aid that lists materials on African Americans and Native Americans covering the period 1808-1869 is available for reference at the History and Genealogy Unit information desk; copies may be obtained by calling the State Archives at (860) 757-6595.
		The listing is not comprehensive and researchers are encouraged to consult more detailed finding aids for individual governors, which are located in the History and Genealogy Reading Room.
	www.cslib.org /indians.htm (2864 words)

	British Government Documents at CU Boulder Libraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A chronological listing and text of treaties from the Treaty of Munster in 1648 to the treaties signed in Paris in 1783.
		Colonial Office: List of Colonial Office Records (as at January 1962).
		The Commission was first appointed in 1869 and set out to prepare calendars or detailed lists of all the major manuscript collections brought to their attention.
	ucblibraries.colorado.edu /govpubs/for/british/govpub3.htm (1825 words)

	Hereditary Society Blue Book - Societies
		The following societies are listed in the Hereditary Society Blue Book.
		This site does not duplicate the Hereditary Society Blue Book, it is only designed to provide links to sites which were created by societies which have their own page in the Blue Book.
		1922 Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia
	members.tripod.com /~Historic_Trust/society.htm (802 words)

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