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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)

	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 (89 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Metcalf, Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil
		Though the region's economic and political institutions were planted in the colonies by Spain and Portugal, the families of the Creole (native-born) elites managed to infiltrate these institutions and to use them to their advantage.
		Beginning in the 1970s, the history of colonial America was revolutionized by the appearance of two community studies on the New England towns of Dedham and Andover.
		Colonial Brazilians may have lived primarily in nuclear families, Lewin and Levi imply, but the larger kin network deeply affected family life and is key to their social and economic power.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exmetfap.html (9410 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Irish (In Countries Other Than Ireland)
		Governor King accordingly designated, on 19 April, 1803, Father Dixon to take charge of the Catholic congregation, and under this government supervision the first Mass was said by him in Sydney, on Sunday, 15 May, 1803.
		Governor Macquire, on whom he called the next day for permission to exercise his ministry, bluntly announced his determination not to allow any Popish missionary to intrude on this Protestant colony, and ordered him to depart on the ship that brought him.
		Succeeding governors of Canada, especially Haldiman and Craig, were less accommodating to Catholics than Carleton, and it was not till the diplomatic and uncompromising Bishop Plessis, one of the illustrious figures in Canadian history, took up the struggle for the liberties of the Church that Catholics began to breathe freely.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08132b.htm (16051 words)

	Loyalist Summary
		Those who maintained the faith that the British government would rectify colonial complaints through the legal legislative system were contemptuously dubbed "Tories" by their more aggressive "Whig" opponents—terms drawn from seventeenth-century English politics.
		In the subsequent Irish Rebellion of 1798, "ultra loyalists" were those most opposed to the United Irishmen, who wanted an independent Irish Republic.
		List of loyalist attacks in the summer of 2005 (compiled by Sinn Féin) (PDF)
	www.bookrags.com /Loyalist (2826 words)

	Courthouse Research
		The governor was the probate authority and all colonial probate files are in the state capitol in Trenton.
		During the colonial period, the governor had the power to perform and issue marriage licenses; however it was not uncommon for people to get married without going through any official ceremony or getting a license.
		Early Virginia court books may show a list of tithables, granting of ordinary licenses, appointment of persons to survey a road, recommendations to the governor for the appointment of tobacco inspectors, an order for a man to pay for the support of an illegitimate child, among other things.
	www.uwm.edu /~baugrud/helpfiles/courthouse.html (5266 words)

	British History Research Guide
		Lists and indexes books and articles issued by more than 400 local and national societies of England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
		Established by an Act of Parliament in 1838 in order to provide proper accommodation for the public records of Great Britain and to facilitate their free use, the Public Record Office is the official repository of original archival documents of the courts and of government departments spanning almost a thousand years.
		This list indicates which original material in the collection is available on microfilm.
	www.library.yale.edu /rsc/history/british/primmss.html (1371 words)

	Guide to Records Relating to Native Americans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The records were maintained by the Colonial Secretary and transferred to the new Secretary of State in 1783.
		Most are in the handwriting of, and signed by, Governor Clinton; a few are in the handwriting of DeWitt Clinton, his nephew and secretary from 1790 to 1795.
		The census lists the names of heads of families and statistics on family structure and economic status for each individual and family unit.
	www.archives.nysed.gov /a/researchroom/rr_ed_native-content.shtml (6175 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)

	New Jersey History sites
		Some sites are run by the state or national government and are open on a regular basis, others are run by local historical societies of limited means and may only be open by appointment.
		The League of Historical Societies of New Jersey has a list of some sites that provide information on programs that are available, especially for teachers who are interested in bringing their students.
		Colonial house located at the foot of the Palisades near where the British climbed up to attack Fort Lee in 1776.
	pirate.shu.edu /~luriemax/NJResources/njsites.htm (452 words)

	Thomas Bailey Aldrich -- "An Old Town by the Sea - Chapter 4"
		Captain Macpheadris married Sarah Wentworth, one of the sixteen children of Governor John Wentworth, and died in 1719, leaving a daughter, Mary, whose portrait, with that of her mother, painted by the ubiquitous Copley, still hangs in the parlor of this house, which is not known by the name of Captain
		While the storm was brewing between the colonies and the mother country, it was in a back room of the tavern that the adherents of the crown met to discuss matters.
		On Pleasant Street, at the head of Washington Street, stands the abode of another colonial worthy, Governor John Wentworth, who held office from 1767 down to the moment when the colonies dropped the British yoke as if it had been the letter H. For the moment the good gentleman's occupation was gone.
	seacoastnh.com /aldrich/oldtown4.html (4179 words)

	1997 WP Abstracts
		This paper focuses primarily on New Orleans, which, as a well-documented settlement/slave colony founded in the eighteenth century, is an ideal case study of the limitations of French imperial control as expressed in urban design and development.
		The troubles in Loudoun, which were not Loyalist-inspired, were a direct result of the vacuum of colonial authority that resulted following the closure of the county courts, the dissolution of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the implementation of the policies of an extra-legal revolutionary assembly.
		British colonial administrators attempted to establish a legitimate civil administration in Quebec after its cession to Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~atlantic/abstr971.html (4906 words)

	Book review: Records of the Yemen 1798-1960
		VIII (1934-45) begins with the Treaties of Sana’a and Taif in 1934 and is followed by documents on the institution of Aden Colony in 1937, its social and economic affairs prior to World War II, the Islands and the effects of World War II on the Colony and Protectorate.
		Colony and Protectorate affairs and those of the Islands end the volume.
		XIII (1957-58) deals with the Anglo-Yemeni frontier, the affairs of the Colony and Protectorate and the Islands, Aden’s becoming the headquarters of the British forces in the Middle East (1957-58) and the Adenisation Committee.
	www.al-bab.com /bys/books/ingrams.htm (1363 words)

	Guide to Genealogical Resources at UVa Library
		Lists names of VA counties and the parishes within them.
		The colonial church in Virginia, with biographical sketches of the first six bishops of the diocese of Virginia, and other historical papers, together with brief biographical sketches of the colonial clergy of Virginia.
		includes a list of Governors of Virginia for the period covered by the vol.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /genealogy/virginia/history.html (1022 words)

	Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library home page
		There are several lists: a list of property owners and pens, sugar estates and plantations, arranged by parishes; a business directory listed by trades; a list of persons living in Kingston and St. Andrew; a list of persons living outside that area; and a list of Ministers arranged by denomination.
		List One consisted of 145 families, for a total of 347 individuals,described as "white families and artificers." At the end of the page you will find a report taken from the Journals of the House of Commons in 1753 concerning the efficacy of the Acts.
		List of Regiments in Jamaica 1702- 1962, from a list at the National Library of Jamaica.
	jamaicanfamilysearch.com /index.htm (6119 words)

	[CTRL] Fwd: THE ILLUMINATI
		The Masons were firmly entrenched in the eastern colonies, but since 95% of the population identified themselves as Christians, they had to modify their philosophies to include Christian teachings.
		Among its members were Governor DeWitt Clinton, Horace Greeley(politician and editor of the New York Daily Tribune), Charles Dana, and Clinton Roosevelt(the ancestor of Franklin D. Roosevelt).
		In Washington's response, dated September 25, 1798, he wrote: "I have heard much about the nefarious and dangerous plan and doctrines of the Illuminati," but went on to say that he didn't believe that they had become involved in the lodges.
	www.mail-archive.com /ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg52508.html (14382 words)

	List of Laws, Writings, and Miscellaneous Documents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mayflower Compact, November 11, 1620 - Written by William Bradford, Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts.
		Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798 - Congressional Acts expanding the Presidential authority in deportation of aliens, and prosecution of seditious acts, whether or not successful, and conspiracy to commit seditious acts.
		Virginia Resolutions of 1798 and 1799 and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799 - Authored by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in the case of Virginia, and Jefferson alone in the case of Kentucky.
	www.lexrex.com /enlightened/combined.htm (1597 words)

	The Rocky Road of American Taxation - Mises Institute
		Their colonial charters from Parliament guaranteed them "all the rights, privileges, and immunities of Englishmen." This meant that they would have the right to trial by jury; they would be governed by the Common Law; they could not be arbitrarily imprisoned; and they could not be taxed without their consent.
		British colonialism in the eighteenth century was based on mercantilism, an economic practice which tied colonies to their mother country.
		Colonies shipped raw materials to Britain where they were either consumed or used for manufacturing and trade.
	www.mises.org /story/2110 (9774 words)

	Litchfield History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The list of graduates includes two Vice Presidents, Aaron Burr and John C. Calhoun, over 100 members of the House of Representatives, 28 senators, 14 governors, 14 cabinet members, 34 State Supreme Court Justices, and 3 Justices of the United States Supreme Court.
		"A delightful village on a fruitful hill, richly endowed with schools both professional and scientific, with its venerable governors and judges, with its learned lawyers, and senators both in the national and state departments and with a population both enlightened and respectable, Litchfield was now in its glory".
		The town embraced the Colonial Revival movement and by the early Century many of the homes began to sport the white paint and fl shutters we see today.
	www.litchfieldct.com /twn/history.html (668 words)

	Cartography and Exploration-Cummings
		On November 14, 1732, Governor Burrington wrote to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations that he was enclosing detailed drafts of Beaufort and Ocracoke and had already sent them one of Cape Fear River.
		Governor Burrington complained that the situation fostered the evasion of customs duties and resulted in material loss of revenue to the province.
		Marsden was a minister of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in the Cape Fear River parish; Carolina was part of the diocese of the Bishop of London.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/colonial/Nchr/subjects/cumming1.htm (4935 words)

	GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY - THE MICHEL MARSAUDON PAPERS: COLLECTION DESCRIPTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The social and romantic sides of colonial Haiti also make strong showings in the collection of correspondence, as male friends exchange advice on wooing women on the island and several women profess their love for Michel Marsaudon, as well as their anger at being rejected.
		Carondelet was one of the most noteworthy colonial governors of Louisiana, most importantly building a canal which aided to port of New Orleans which still bears his name.
		Printed documents regarding Haitian trade dated 1798 and 1802 are the only items created after that date and give reasonable evidence that Marsaudon or whoever kept the archive remained active in trade with the island for at least eight years.
	www.library.georgetown.edu /dept/speccoll/cl158.htm (533 words)

	Jamaican Family Search Members' lead page F
		List of Military and Naval officers, regiments,ships, militia, and committees in 1925.
		A list by Feurtado of the governors and chief officers in Jamaica.
		The list is followed by an explanation of its contents, and estimates of the financial losses caused.
	www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com /Samples/Members.htm (3406 words)

	New York General Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The New York General Assembly dates to 1683 when proprietary governor Thomas Dongan appointed representatives to advise him on governing the province.
		The Assembly's right to raise monies for governmental operations (not the least of which was the governor's salary and expenses) fostered a tension and also a working relationship between the two polar interests that culminated in the so-called American Revolutions of 1775-83.
		Members of the Assembly are listed in the Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York, compiled by Edgar A. Werner (Albany, 1889), the most convenient resource, pp.
	www.nysm.nysed.gov /albany/org/ass.html (258 words)

	Tyler, Education in Colonial Virginia. V: Influence of William and Mary College
		The Supreme Court, as organized in 1778, consisted till 1788, of the three judges of the High Court of Chancery, the three judges of the General Court, and the three judges of the Admiralty Court.
		In the above list the first four were judges of the High Court of Chancery.
		The list above does not include the judges of the Special Court of Appeals appointed at a later day.
	www.dinsdoc.com /tyler-5.htm (579 words)

	The Papers of George Washington
		Acts and Laws, Made and Passed by the General Court or Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut, in America; Holden at Hartford, (by Adjournment) on the Twelfth Day of February, Anno Domini, 1778.
		A List of Claims for Bounty Land for Revolutionary Services, Acted Upon by the Governor since the first day of April, 1834.
		Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia.
	gwpapers.virginia.edu /project/volumes/titlelist.html (6244 words)

	Antiques Ireland - Online Book Lists - Pamphlets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thankfully it is Listed and still gracing the University area.
		This is the third of a series of reprints by the Printing Office of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, in Williamsburg, Virginia, printed and bound in the prevailing eighteenth century style.
		Includes lists of officers, and a fascinating 10 page catalogue of subjects considered at meetings with dates and titles from 1892-1942.
	www.antiquesireland.com /booklists/pamphlets.shtml (4101 words)

	Various Cape of Good Hope Land Grants and related histories.
		They never changed their policy but Governor Simon van der Stel (1691 to 1699) was able to significantly increase the food output by introducing cattle, sheep and fowls (chickens) and show that Individuals farming for themselves were more productive than communal farming..
		All the Governors before van der Stel, including Crudorp, were dismissed for violating their policy and issuing land grants to individuals.
		There is a colourless embossed seal of the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope at the bottom of the document and the watermark of the Cape of Good Hope.
	tokencoins.com /capeland.htm (3891 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 (8452 words)

	Research Guide to Native American Resources at the Connecticut State Library
		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)

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