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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.
After 1835, governors were elected by popular vote for two year terms, and could be re-elected for another two years.
statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/stgovt/governor.htm   (958 words)

  
 Land, Agriculture-Mitchell
What was described as a valuable colony was given up because of the number of proprietors, disagreements and disputes among them, their inability to settle the matter of quitrents, or annual land use fees, in South Carolina, and their fear that they would lose the colony in case of invasion by Spain.
Both Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia and Moseley recommended to Carteret that his one-eighth part of Carolina be set up as a single district and that the northern boundary be the Virginia-North Carolina line, since that was the only boundary in the entire province that had been fixed.
The 1773 assembly reminded Henry Eustace McCulloh, the agent of the colony, that the Granville land office had been closed to the “inconvenience and grievance” of the settlers in the province; McCulloh was asked to use his utmost endeavors to induce the Crown to purchase the district.
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/colonial/Nchr/Subjects/mitchell.htm   (10475 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)

  
 Australia - Government and Governors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
One who had experience of the governor in his tantrums wrote that he would not brook contradiction or protest; 'his features became distorted, he foamed at the mouth, stamped on the ground, and shook his fist in the face of the person so presuming.' He was a law unto himself, and he said so.
The governor was much annoyed with the result, especially as it followed upon a fiery address to the Court by Macarthur, wherein he had asked whether it was true that a British subject was liable to have his property wrested from him without any other reason being assigned than that it was the Governor's order.
the governor himself heard them 'rummaging all the outhouses and searching the grounds,' while he, in full uniform with his medal on his breast and his sword by his side, was in a lumber-room tearing up some official papers and stuffing others inside his waistcoat.
www.janesoceania.com /australia_government_governors/index.htm   (3076 words)

  
 Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State
From 1647 to 1663, the colony was governed by a President, with four Assistants.
On June 3, 1686, King James II appointed Sir Edmund Andros to be Governor of New England, and on September 13, 1686, instructed him to demand the surrender of Rhode Island’s Royal Charter.
John Coggeshall resumed the office of Deputy Governor, but Walter Clarke did not resume the office of Governor that he had been elected to in 1686.
www.sec.state.ri.us /library/riinfo/governors   (705 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)

  
 Guide to Records Relating to Native Americans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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)

  
 Microform Collections, UM Libraries
The following is a partial list of major collections in microfilm, microfiche, microcard and microprint format in the UMCP Libraries.
Collections are listed here by names of issuing countries or organizations, or by title, as appropriate.
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia.
www.lib.umd.edu /MICROFORMS/micro_list.html   (1616 words)

  
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List of GPS locations for abandoned old mines give the reader a jump start for exacting locations of old mine ore debris aprons.
Lists sites in the state, by county, and recalls stories of treasure reported to have been hidden there.
Here was the most populous colony, in the midst of the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, Civil War and early development activities.
www.waybilltoadventure.com /treasure-gold-books-list.txt   (14773 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
The same regulations apply to the lieutenant governor, who succeeds the governor should the latter resign, die, or be removed from office.
All are appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, to serve 14-year terms and may not serve past the age of 70.
The confrontation began when nearly 1300 inmates seized control of the facility, taking dozens of prison guards hostage; at least one of the guards died as a result of injuries sustained during the takeover, and three prisoners were murdered, apparently by fellow inmates.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/newyork.html   (5920 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)

  
 List of colonial governors in 1817 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1816 colonial governors - Events of 1817 - 1818 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
Angola - Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor of Angola (1816-1819)
This page was last modified 19:38, 28 August 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_in_1817   (71 words)

  
 [CTRL] Fwd: THE ILLUMINATI
In 1817, France, in order to get back on their feet again, secured loans from a French banking house in Ouvrard, and from the Baring Brothers in London.
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).
www.mail-archive.com /ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg52508.html   (14382 words)

  
 Elihu Root on the Beginning of a New Militia System
The governors of the states, in the order of the strength of their organized militia, have been afforded opportunity to secure such details, and sir officers have already been assigned to this duty.
Notifications have been sent to the governors of all the states to indicate their wishes as to the detail of retired officers, and these requests will be disposed of in the order of the organized strength of the militia, until the number of retired officers authorized by law is exhausted.
All such assignments may be revoked at the request of the governor of such State or Territory or at the pleasure of the Secretary of War.
www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/RootMil.html   (4119 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)

  
 Yale University Library: Major Microforms
Although a large part of the collection treats the history of Haiti and the Antilles from the colonial period to the present, this is an important resource on the history of the Caribbean in general.
Founded in 1817 as an auxiliary of the Washington-based American Colonization Society, the Maryland State Colonization Society's primary functions were to gather funds for the parent society and to recruit colonists for the American Society's settlement, Liberia, founded on the West African coast in 1822.
Persons listed represent every social rank and many professions, the criterion for inclusion being their contributions to the histories of the several peoples.
www.library.yale.edu /rsc/nmrr/microform/list.html   (12906 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)

  
 Signatures
Allison-Antrim Museum’s Brumbaugh Collection of Pennsylvania Governors’ Signatures is a sizeable assemblage of about 80 different documents of Pennsylvania governors’ signatures.
The documents contain the Governors’ signatures while in office, as well as outside their term(s).
A surprise addition, as a result of his letter writing, was the signature in December 2002 of the then Governor-elect Ed Rendell, prior to his inauguration on January 21, 2003.
www.greencastlemuseum.org /Special_Exhibits/signatures.htm   (466 words)

  
 Guide and Index to Lists of Rulers
One motivation is that history is often not taught anymore in terms of dynasties and rulers, since this is thought (by an academic elite comfortably supported by the taxpayers) to be too elitist and too removed from the life of the people.
The arrangement of these lists thus follows Bryce's principle of universalist ideology, centering on Rome but extending to similar to ideas outside of the Roman world.
The systematic treatment is as follows in the list below, but the list in the box at right simply gives the actual internet files in which basic historical material, with lists and genealogies, is contained.
www.friesian.com /histindx.htm   (3021 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)

  
 History of Madison County Cherokee and Chickasaw Indian boundaries colonial homes
The list of Madison County's beautiful historic homes is both long and quite impressive.
The list of great historical homes and landmark sites goes on and on and far too long to list all of them.
The history of Madison County, Alabama is a study of the evolution and growth of a typical American population center.
www.contactez.net /gurleyalabama/madisoncountyhistory.html   (3609 words)

  
 USA: The Missing 13th Amendment
There was no requirement that one be a lawyer to hold the position of district attorney, attorney general, or judge; a citizen's "counsel of choice" was not restricted to a lawyer; there were no state or national bar associations.
The current 13th Amendment is listed as the 14th Amendment in the 1867 Colorado edition.
1 (1885) lists the due process amendments as 5 and 15 [15 was re-numbered to 14] on p.571.
odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/E/thirteen/thirteen1.htm   (8669 words)

  
 The Libraries at SUNY Potsdam: Subjects: History: US Primary Sources
A complete list of historically interesting periodicals available at SUNY Potsdam is the Early Periodicals database.
The Correspondence of the Colonial Governors of Rhode Island.
Data includes a detailed subject index, a list of Bulletins, an index to authors and titles, to illustrations, and to contributions of North American Ethnology, Introductions and Miscellaneous Publications.
www.potsdam.edu /library/home/Subjects/HistUSPrimSour.php   (3338 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)

  
 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)

  
 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)

  
 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)

  
 Master List - Finding Aids - RBSC - Princeton University Library - part 2
Master list is in two parts A to L M to Z
Much of the material dates from the Civil War period when Newell, finishing his term as the 20th governor of New Jersey, was appointed by President Lincoln as superintendent of the life-saving service of New Jersey.
Nearly all were discovered from the 1890s to the 1920s, buried or recovered from mummy cartonnage in and around the ancient town of Oxyrhynchus (modern, el-Bahnasa), the towns of the Fayum region (including Philadelphia), Tebtunis (modern, Tell Umm el-Breigat), and Hibeh.
infoshare1.princeton.edu /rbsc2/aids/msslist/colls2.htm   (15212 words)

  
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Index of landowners, Patron's list of businessmen and farmers, including township plat maps.",,,P,10 80-0107,,929.378162,Her,KS,Lyon,,"Herrick, James L. compiler"," Death Notices as Listed in Neosho Valley Hartford Times, and Burials in Hartford Cemetery, Lyon Co., KS.
Lehigh Co, PA, 1812-1850.",,1971,, 82-0020,,929.374841,Sou,PA,York,,"South Central PA Genealogical Soc., Inc."," An Alphabetical Listing of Heads of Households included in the 1800 Federal Census of York Co., PA..
Virginia Colonial Abstracts V. 86-0085,,929.3755725,Moo,VA,Washington,,"Moore, Deborah Campbell & Stephens, Doris Galliher"," Washington Co., VA Births and Deaths 1853-1892 (incomplete).",,1984,T,21.25 74-0706,,929.3755763,Sch,VA,Tazewell,,"Schreiner-Yantis, Netti"," Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell Co., VA. Springfield, VA.",,c1973,, 74-0682,,929.3755763,Sch,VA,Tazewell,,"Schreiner-Yantis, Netti"," 1815 Tax List of Tazewell Co., VA. Springfield, VA.",,c1971,, 86-0038,,929.3755773,Vog,VA,Wythe,,"Vogt, John & Kethley, T. William Jr."," Wythe Co., (VA) Marriages, 1790-1850.
members.cox.net /ubert/TGSLibraryListMarch2004.csv   (11601 words)

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