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  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)

  
  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
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 Connecticut's Heritage Gateway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The practice of voluntary education in many towns in both the Connecticut and New Haven colonies paved the way for a general educational policy in the Connecticut Code of 1650.
Through a series of statutes passed from 1702 to 1795, most notably those of 1766 and 1774, the colony allowed for the decentralization of its school system, thus relegating the financial responsibility to local governments.
A complete listing of the fall 1982 enrollment in Connecticut's colleges and universities follows with the dates in which the schools were established:
www.ctheritage.org /encyclopedia/topicalsurveys/education.htm   (4336 words)

  
 List of Governors of New York information - Search.com
This is a list of the Governors of New York.
The Governor of the U.S. state of New York is the highest executive officer of the state, was originally chosen for a term of two years.
In 1877 the term of office was extended to three years, in 1895 reduced back to two years, and in 1938 it was extended to the current four-year term.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Australia
On his arrival in Sydney, Governor Macquarie bluntly informed him that no "Popish missionary" would be allowed to intrude within the settlement, and that every person in the penal colony must be a Protestant.
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.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02113b.htm   (6415 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)

  
 Good News on the Frontier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Roman Catholics led in the settlement of Maryland which was the first colony established in America in which all religious groups were to have freedom to worship God as they chose.
William Warren Sweet lists the following as the main causes for division among the churches in America since the achievement of independence: (1) revivals, (2) slavery and secession, (3) doctrine, (4) church rites and practices, and (5) church government.
List some particular contributions the various denominations have made to the religious life of people without which the community would have been spiritually poorer.
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 miller_king   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Cundall refers to a list of 268 men born in Jamaica who were known to have matriculated at Oxford University between 1698 and 1885.
With the coming of the Crown Colony Government, most governors made use of the opportunities provided by the new constitution to improve the economic and social conditions of their respective territories by introducing administrative reforms and public services as advised by the Colonial Office.
Governor Grant of Jamaica enacted 54 major laws during his first 15 months in office, including laws to organize a constabulary force, to reduce the number of parishes from 22 to 14, to raise and collect revenue, and to establish boards of health and district courts.
www.iacd.oas.org /interamer/Interamerhtml/Millerhtml/mil_king.htm   (6253 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.
Saint Lucia: no disc; the governor wrote in 1919 that the badge was not used on the Blue Ensign, just the letters 'H.M.' in white, which stood for 'harbour master', not 'his Majesty'.
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 Encyclopedia: 1819
This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them.
Events and Trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony Croquet invented in Ireland Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria...
1818 colonial governors - Events of 1819 - 1820 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year See also: List of state leaders in 1819 List of religious leaders in 1819 List of international organization leaders in 1819 Portugal Angola - Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor of Angola (1816-1819) Manuel...
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 North Carolina Governors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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#royal   (958 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of Governors of Connecticut Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Table of contents 1 Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639-1662 2 Governors of the...
2 Governors of the Colony of New Haven, 1639-1665
Governors of the Colony of New Haven, 1639-1665
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 Canadian studies
The works listed are arranged by subject and then alphabetically within each section.
The shelfmark of each item is given at the end of every citation: the shelfmark prefix indicates the reading room in which the item can be located as outlined below, other shelfmarks are for items that have to be ordered via the on-line catalogue.
Passenger and immigration lists index, a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
www.bl.uk /collections/wider/canastu.html   (2068 words)

  
 unit2/colonialdiscontent.html
In New England, the colonial legislatures granted six-mile-square townships beyond the settled frontier to groups of veterans of earlier colonial wars.
Virtual representation - the type of representation used in the colonies - was based upon the belief that even though colonists did not directly elect members of Parliament, each MP virtually represented the interests of all the people in the empire, not just those of their constituency.
The colonies were embroiled in at least four major wars between 1689 and 1763 which consumed many of their economic efforts and energies, as well as reconfigured their geographic boundaries.
www.humboldt.edu /~go1/hist110/unit1/colonialdiscontent.html   (1600 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.
Lists of White Families introduced into Jamaica from 1734 to 1753 under several Acts that were passed in England to encourage settlers to move to the island.
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.
www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com   (6310 words)

  
 CD-ROM Collection List
for a list of common surnames which may be excluded from free searches.
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)

  
 Bell Tower Building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Using places listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the itineraries help potential visitors plan their next trip by highlighting the amazing diversity of this country's historic places and supplying accessibility information for each featured site.
The residence that Butler as his own home, located at 205 Columbia Avenue, is listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places and is an interesting adaptation of the Queen Anne style, designed in a narrow, vertical style to meet the restrictions of the dimensions of the city lot on which it is situated.
While listing in the National Register did not (and does not) offer protection against demolition or alteration, National Register listing does make income producing historic properties in the district eligible for substantial federal tax credits for rehabilitation.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/cumberland/text.htm   (13771 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - U.S. - Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
List of 486 victims of lynchings in Georgia from the 1880s to the present.
Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
www.cyndislist.com /ga.htm   (4216 words)

  
 Teaching Issues: AAHE Teaching Porfolio -- by William Cutler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Describe the patterns of immigration to the American colonies in the eighteenth century and assess their significance for the different regions.
By arguing that between 1690 and 1763 Boston's working men and women experienced far more hardship at the hands of Britain and her colonial representatives than their peers in Philadelphia, I also made a case for understanding the coming of the American Revolution in terms of the differences as well as the similarities among Americans.
The discussion of sovereignty on Wednesday was designed to teach the students about the assumptions shared by British and American subjects on the subject of government in the 18th century and to show how the Americans gradually reached the conclusion that the Crown and Parliament no longer deserved their allegiance.
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 Letter L Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
List of airports of Santa Cruz County, CA
List of airports of Santa Cruz County, California
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article List of Albania-related articles.
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 British Empire: Articles: Pashto Under the British Empire
The study of the literary history of Pashto in the colonial period is often a neglected field.
As the best-known authority and chief pioneer of the colonial period, he rendered invaluable contributions towards preservation of Pashto literature.
The other inherent shortcoming of their colonial rule was a policy of subjugation of natives and exploitation of the resources for the economic benefit of Great Britain, which considered itself a superior power.
www.britishempire.co.uk /article/pashto.htm   (4851 words)

  
 African Forum
The equivalence of individuals within groups derived concretely from the manipulation of people in the mechanics of colonial administration, just as museums of African art derived from the possibilities of thievery in discrete periods of conquest, and animal "families" in natural history museums were assembled from kills made within particular safaris.
Colonial personnel in Africa prided themselves on interior knowledge, but they took their general orders from metropolitan officials living far away, whether in Mafeking and Cape Town, or the Foreign Office in London and the colonial ministry in Paris.
Such examples again show that the role of images in the colonial project does not emerge from the images themselves, but rather lies in their appropriation into structures of distribution and consumption.
www.h-net.org /~africa/africaforum/Landau.html   (6462 words)

  
 Chronicles of Oklahoma
WHEREAS, The Act of Congress of May 2, 1890, created the Territory of Oklahoma; George W. Steele was appointed governor on the 15th and a week later arrived in Guthrie to assume the duties of his office.
An election was held on August 5, 1890, of the members of the legislature that assembled twenty-two days later for the enactment of laws essential to the setting up of a territorial government.
Upon motion, duly seconded the librarian of the Oklahoma Historical Society was granted leave of absence to attend this library school as a representative of the Oklahoma Historical Society, but at her own expense.
digital.library.okstate.edu /chronicles/v018/v018p303.html   (2478 words)

  
 Governors of Connecticut :: CT Governors ::
Prior to becoming the 5th state in the Union, Governors led the growth of the Connecticut Colony for 137.
Many of the names of these Colonial leaders have been preserved in the names of the cities, towns, and other well-known locations throught the State of Connecticut.
Following is a chronological list of the Governors of Connecticut.
www.ctgenealogy.com /governors_of_connecticut.php   (211 words)

  
 Catesby ap Roger Jones, Commander, 1821-1877
He was shot down on the streets of Selma, Alabama, June 29th, 1877, by a man whose child had had a fight with one of his children (Catesby) when Captain Jones was wholly unexpecting and unprepared for such a catastrophe.
The Navy Department Library has a list of officers who resigned in the early days of the Civil War.
He is perhaps most known for his misunderstanding that the US was at war with Mexico in 1842 and siezed Monterey (California) ofr a day.
www.cssvirginia.org /tyson/jones/carj.htm   (981 words)

  
 Suppressed carrier transmission bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
1877 colonial governors - Events of 1878 - 1879 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
1878 colonial governors - Events of 1879 - 1880 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
1879 colonial governors - Events of 1880 - 1881 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
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 THIRD GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Chamberlain, Governor, F. Dunbar, Secretaryk and Chas S. Moore, Treasurer.' The State of Oregon got this from the U.S. Gov. by an act of 14 Aug 1848.
Listed in June1860 census in Missouri as 1/12 mo. old.
She was listed as in school in the 1870 census in Grass Valley, CA, where her father was a miner, at the time.
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 1875 - Biocrawler definition:1875 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lieutenant Governor of California Romualdo Pacheco becomes acting Governor.
He is later replaced by elected governor William Irwin.
You can find it there under the keyword 1875 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1875)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1875andaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/1875   (732 words)

  
 Joseph G. Dawson III, ed., The Louisiana Governors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Providing first a short biographical sketch of the governor under consideration, each essay includes an analytical discussion of the governor’s administration and of his role in the state’s history.
The Louisiana Governors describes in rich detail the influence of French and Spanish colonial governors on Louisiana’s leaders of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
From the Lemoyne brothers, Iberville and Bienville, of the French colonial era, to the Long brothers, Huey and Earl, of the twentieth century, Louisiana’s governors have attracted ardent loyalty and vigorous criticism simultaneously.
www.lsu.edu /lsupress/Books/1990/Dawson_Louisiana   (376 words)

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