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  List of Lists
List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population
List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
List of Chancellors of the University of Mississippi
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/listoflists.html   (2044 words)

  
 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#royal   (958 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Australia
This colony had been founded in 1836 as a free and "socially superior" Protestant settlement, from which "Papists and pagans" were to have been rigidly excluded.
For a time all the colonies of the Australasian group followed the example initiated by New South Wales in according State aid to the clergy and the denominational schools of the principal religious bodies, Anglicans, Catholics, Presbyterians, and Methodists.
One of the first results of the withdrawal of the State grants in the various colonies was the closing of most of the Protestant primary schools.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02113b.htm   (6415 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search View - Delaware
The state secretary of education is appointed by the governor, approved by the state senate, and serves at the pleasure of the governor.
Settlers from England and from the English colonies of Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York settled in Delaware, and the colony grew rapidly.
It provided for a governor to be elected by popular vote, although for many years voting was restricted to men who were free, white, and had paid their taxes.
encarta.msn.com /text_761564845__1/Delaware.html   (10561 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)

  
 The Anti-Rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839-1865
After conquest by the British, Van Rennselaer's title to his fiefdom was confirmed by the English colonial governors, and served as a model for units of local government in the colony.
Whig Governor Seward accepted the challenge that the "lease in fee" contracts posed, promising both to come to the aid of the tenants without trampling the rights of the landlords.
What emerged from the mind of William Duer, was scheme to use the eminent domain power of the state to condemn the landlords' titles, compensate the landlords for their losses, and transfer clear fee simple titles to the tenants.
www.eh.net /bookreviews/library/0535.shtml   (1659 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   (3240 words)

  
 United Kingdom: Colonial Flags
The governor flew the Union Jack with the badge of the colony in a laurel wreath in the centre of the St George's cross.
We further submit that the Governors of Your Majesty's Dominions in Foreign Parts, and Governors of all ranks and denomination administering the Governments of British Colonies and dependencies be authorised to fly the Union Jack with the Arms of the Badge of the Colony emblasoned in the centre thereof.
Readers might be interested in some lists that I made of official British colonial type badges as used on ensigns and Union Jacks, arranged roughly by type, and approximate date of introduction.
flagspot.net /flags/gb-coflg.html   (2291 words)

  
 Complete List of NYS Attorneys General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Defeated in race for Governor by Thomas Dewey in 1942.
Between 1684 and 1777, the Colonial Attorneys General were appointed by the King of England, or the Colonial Governors on the Crown's behalf.
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 Burnett Family
William Burnet, colonial governor who was born at The Hague during his father's temporary residence there, was the son of Gilbert Burnet, the celebrated Bishop of Salisbury.
Union soldier, lawyer was born in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of Henry and Nancy Jones Burnett, and a descendant of William Burnet, colonial governor of New York.
A year later at Governor Morton's request, he was sent to Indiana to prosecute members of the Knights of the Golden Circle and later took part in the cases growing out of the Chicago conspiracy to liberate the Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas.
www.iment.com /maida/familytree/burnett/burnett.htm   (1773 words)

  
 List of Governors of North Carolina - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
List of Governors of North Carolina - InfoSearchPoint.com
This is a list of the governors of North Carolina from the colonial period to the present.
John Archdale 1695-1696 (Governor of North and South Carolina)
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Governor_of_North_Carolina   (71 words)

  
 Thomas Benton Alexander Diary, 1862-65   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
With no parole and exchange agreement in effect, Alexander was sent to Governors Island in New York Harbor and subsequently to the camp at Elmira, where he was imprisoned from 5 December 1864 to 10 March 1865.
The pocket diary in question is a single volume (13 cm) of 59 leaves, with 118 pages of content in Alexander's hand, mostly in pencil.
Most of these date from March 1863 to the end of the war, and appear in chronological sequence from 11v to 51v.
www.rarebooks.nd.edu /digital/civil_war/diaries_journals/alexander   (1604 words)

  
 Connecticut History Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Colonial Connecticut Records (CCR) provides online delivery of the complete, digitized volumes of the Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776.
Important Dates in the History of the Settlement of the Colony of Connecticut Until Unification with the Colony of New Haven in 1665
A List of Names included in the State Library Collection of Biographical Sketches, an index to the Library's 79 volume set of biographical pamphlets including sermons, discourses, biographies, memoirs, etc.
www.cslib.org /history.htm   (1940 words)

  
 CD-ROM Collection List
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.
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)

  
 A School History of the United States, by John Bach McMaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
%45.  The Year 1643.%—­The year 1643 is thus an important one in colonial history.  It was in that year that the New Haven colony was founded; that the league of The United Colonies of New England was formed; and that Roger Williams obtained the first charter of Rhode Island.
was restored to the throne of England, and a new era opens in colonial history.  In 1661 the little colony of Connecticut promptly acknowledged the restoration of Charles II.
But his work was far from ended.  The valley he had explored, the territory he had added to France, must be occupied, and to occupy it two things were necessary:  1.  A colony must be planted at the mouth of the Mississippi, to control its navigation and shut out the Spaniards.
www.sakoman.net /pg/html/11313.htm   (5245 words)

  
 List of Governors of Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This is a list of Governors of Virginia since Virginia became a U.S. state following the American Revolutionary War.
The Constitution of the Commonwealth forbids any Governor from serving consecutive terms; however, several governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms.
See also: List of colonial governors of Virginia.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-Governors-of-Virginia.htm   (140 words)

  
 Campus Heritage Grant Recipients (Getty Press Release)
Lake Forest's North and Middle campuses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places; a Getty grant of $150,000 will allow the college to preserve this heritage as it prepares for future growth.
The list of designers engaged by Pratt included some of the most notable 19th-century architects of the day, including Lamb and Rich, and McKim, Mead, and White.
Funds of $200,000 from the Getty have sustained the creation of a detailed report on the windows, which are an integral part of the character of the campus.
www.getty.edu /news/press/center/heritage_recipients05.html   (4294 words)

  
 Spanish and Portuguse 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   (8286 words)

  
 VALib V49N3 - Minor Weisiger
Henry R. McIlwaine (1870-1934), the State Librarian, advised Governor Henry C. Stuart that a wholesale purchase of the collection was unnecessary, as the Library had many duplicates of the books and it could be bought piecemeal at an expected auction.
A partial listing includes papers related to Freemasons, clergymen, newspapers & periodicals, railroads, banks, U.S. courts, Virginia courts, the Fairfax Proprietary, the Virginia General Assembly and the Mutual Assurance Society.
Two examples would be a 1777 company payroll of the 2nd Virginia Regiment, and April 10, 1865 passes for some prisoners paroled at Appomattox.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/VALib/v49_n3/weisiger.html   (1519 words)

  
 eRiposte - Fundamentalism in the United States: Stevens Creek School incident, Cupertino
The three causes of action being dismissed are: (1) representatives of the district violated the free speech rights of the teacher; (2) there was a vagueness in the district’s policy regarding the use of supplementary materials; and (3) the teacher’s right of religious expression had been violated.
That all these religious connections and meanings etc that have been added by others later was never implied as written or as understood at the time by it authors, that they were not part of what was originally important, the original understandings, meanings, intentions.
...let's turn to a list of quotations that frequently appear in religious right literature, but are now admitted by religious right leaders to be either doubtful or false.
www.eriposte.com /philosophy/fundamentalism/stevenscreek.htm   (13153 words)

  
 History Resources - refdesk.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Nixon Watergate Tapes - This new moderated H-NET discussion list "is intended to serve as a forum for discussion of research, theory, teaching, and scholarship in the field of psychohistory, the study of historical motivations."
Rulers of the World - listings of heads of state and heads of government for all currently existing countries, a handful of international organizations (including the UN), and listings for current and former governors for all 50 states.
Ships of the Ancient Greeks - an annotated list of a surprisingly large number of resources on the topic of ships and shipping in ancient history.
www.refdesk.com /facthist.html   (2813 words)

  
 New Zealand
The titles premier and first minister were variously applied to each of the principal ministers until 1869, when premier became customary.
Although the title prime minister was first used formally in the Schedule of the Civil List Act of 1873, no one used the title officially until Richard John Seddon, beginning in 1893.
Note: The first two kings were leaders of the revolt against the colony; after the second king's surrender he and his successors maintained a symbolic and prestigious community leadership to this day.
www.worldstatesmen.org /New_Zealand.htm   (2047 words)

  
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The war classes of the University of Alabama, 1861-1865 : list of members.
A spring symphony : [cantata for three-part chorus of women's voices with solo for soprano.
The disintegration of a confederate state : three governors andAlabama's wartime home front, 1861-1865.
www.lib.auburn.edu /special/docs/alasept.html   (853 words)

  
 The Valley of the Shadow: Master Bibliography
Schenck, B.S. The Burning of Chambersburg, Pa. Philadelphia, 1865.
List of Field officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865.
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army.Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891.
valley.vcdh.virginia.edu /Biblios/masterbib.html   (5806 words)

  
 Hereditary Society Blue Book - Societies
The following societies are listed in the Hereditary Society Blue Book.
1922 Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia
1933 Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
members.tripod.com /~Historic_Trust/society.htm   (802 words)

  
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When searching by Subject, set “of document type” to Serial Set, limit “Date” from 1700 to 1800, and refer to the Subject List for relevant search terms.
Select Collections within Rod Library Special Collections, then Manuscript Collections List.
Stop by Special Collections and ask the librarian to show you some sources, such as F592.T54 1904 Early Western Travels, 1748-1846.
www.uni.edu /bryantt/classes/960136handout.doc   (302 words)

  
 How to Use Swem’s The Virginia Historical Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Contains abstracts and transcriptions of the Virginia Colonial Papers (1652–1775) and selected correspondence received by Virginia governors (1776–1865).
Contains articles on all facets of Virginia history, chiefly on the period prior to 1865, as well as genealogical information on many prominent families.
In addition, the Portland State University Library has a complete collection of all series.
www.gfo.org /swems.htm   (430 words)

  
 UNITED STATES HISTORY TOPICS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Calendar of Wars and Campaigns Involving the American Colonies and the
*Immigrant Ancestors - List of 2,500 Immigrants to
*Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy — Roster 1976, 1983
www.heritagelib.org /VF-united_states_history_topics.htm   (835 words)

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