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	The Colonial Roots of American Taxation, 1607-1700 - Policy Review, No. 114 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Colonial legislatures did their best to retain specie, which was deemed important to facilitate commerce.
		Lists were sent to the colonial treasurer, who issued warrants to town constables to collect specified sums.
		To profit from the development of his colony, collect quitrents and fines, and recover land from settlers without heirs or who failed to meet the terms of their contracts, each proprietor required a system of territorial administration.
	www.policyreview.org /AUG02/rabushka_print.html (7652 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)

	GenBook34
		Also, the immigrant lists transcribed as part of this series were corrected and published by Strassburger and Hinke in their three-volume set, Pennsylvania German Pioneers; the researcher would save a lot of time and aggravation to consult the latter publication.
		Volume IV contains two lists of soldiers, the one labeled as a list of depreciation pay and the other simply as a list of the men who served in any unit during the war.
		The latter list is believed to have been primarily of those men who served in the ranger companies.
	www.motherbedford.com /GenBook34.htm (879 words)

	Gurdon Saltonstall
		Because no person could be elected to a Connecticut colonial government position at the spring elections unless his name was on the list of twenty candidates developed the previous fall, a special law was enacted that permitted a previously unlisted candidate for governor to be elected.
		As Governor, he strove to end Connecticut's opposition to some of England's colonial policies and was instrumental in increasing the colony's involvement in military actions against the French and Indians in Queen Anne's War.
		New London had provided governors for the Colony of Connecticut for 44 of the previous 67 years, and Saltonstall was buried with an impressive ceremony in the Ancient Cemetery.
	www.cslib.org /gov/saltonstallg.htm (1083 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/history/british/primmss.html (1371 words)

	Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		From 1647 to 1663, the Colony was governed by a president, with four assistants.
		Nicholas Cooke was elected Governor in November of 1775.
		Became Governor upon the death of Governor Aram J. Pothier, Feb. 4, 1928.
	www.sec.state.ri.us /library/riinfo/ltgovernors (661 words)

	New Bern, North Carolina: HISTORIC SITES LIST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Colonial Revival and Neo-Classical Revival styles now stand sadly neglected though the building reflects the success of the railroads that made New Bern' s growth possible.
		On the lawn is the Governor's Boulder, with bronze tablets in memory of three governors from New Bern: Richard Dobbs Spaight; Richard Dobbs Spaight,Jr.;and Abner Nash.(302 Broad St.)
		Built by Richard Fenner, Deputy Secretary of the Colonial Council under royal governor Arthur Dobbs, the Georgian dwelling is mostly hidden beneath its late nineteenth century changes.
	www.newbern.com /history/list.htm (2089 words)

	Illemi Triangle: A History of Abrogation of Responsibility
		Raiding was then a cultural institution that served several functions such as: a strategy for coping with natural disasters, political domination of neighbors through the monopoly of animal wealth, rite of passage for young warriors, and a means of regulating the quality of livestock.
		In circulars sent to the imperial powers in 1891 and 1894 Menelik outlined the extent of his empire and in 1896 he resumed the expansion of the Amharic nation southwards in order to contain the northward expansion of the British sphere of influence.
		Whereas colonial surveyors ignored local peoples in their demarcations, bilateral rectification of the international boundaries by regional governments in the post-colonial period have short-changed the pastoral nomads and failed to show a keen interest in resolving the dispute.
	web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v7/v7i1a2.htm (10218 words)

	Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
		Basic to any serious research in Connecticut history before 1894 are the twenty-six volumes of the transactions of the General Assembly, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, J. Hammond Trumbull and Charles J. Hoadly, eds.
		It contains updated lists of all state and local government officials, voting statistics for past years, population figures since 1790 for all towns, town and city data and much other information useful in studying past and present Connecticut There is a complete set dating from 1785 at the State Library.
		Note errors in listings of governor and lieutenant governor in 1784 and 1786.
	www.ctheritage.org /biography/introduction/pubrecords.htm (637 words)

	Powell-Bibliography
		Manuscript material in the three leading depositories in North Carolina is described in some detail, but the printed material listed is intended only to suggest further reading on the subject.
		There are several character affidavits for men suspected by the governor of being connected with the Regulators; petitions concerning some of the “outlawed” Regulators; and a proclamation against excessive fees.
		A study of the organization and operation of the colonial government of North Carolina.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/colonial/Bookshelf/Monographs/regulator/bibliography.htm (981 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Society of Colonial Wars, politicians
		Governor of Kentucky, 1931; circuit judge in Kentucky 14th District, 1936-67.
		Governor of Connecticut, 1931-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,
		The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
	politicalgraveyard.com /group/soc-colonial-wars.html (1574 words)

	Nova Scotia History Index
		Governors of Cape Breton Island, 1784-1820 Cape Breton Island became a separate colony on 26 August 1784 and was reincorporated into Nova Scotia on 9 October 1820.
		Migration from New England, 1759-1774 The Colony of Nova Scotia stood on New England's frontier during the tumultuous time of the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) between England and France over their North American Empires.
		John Allan was the eldest son of William Allan, one of the earliest settlers of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, Jan. 3, 1746.
	www.littletechshoppe.com /ns1625/histindx.html (7686 words)

	Duely and Constantly Kept
		The Supreme Court of Judicature, or Supreme Court, was the colony's highest court of common law, with both original and appellate jurisdiction.
		These appeals were made to the royal governor and his council sitting as a court for the correction of errors and appeals.
		Today, most of the extant records of the colonial Supreme Court of Judicature are in the custody of the New York County Clerk, who is also clerk of the modern State Supreme Court.
	www.courts.state.ny.us /history/elecbook/duely/pg9.htm (1520 words)

	OFFICERS - Online Information article about OFFICERS
		Candidates for commissions in the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Army Veterinary Corps are not required to pass an educational examination, the ordinary course of medical or veterinary education being deemed sufficient, but the Army Council may reject a candidate who shows any deficiency in his general education.
		(5) The conditions for Officers of the Colonial Military Forces are similar to those for the Special Reserve, andc., except that only two months' attachment to a Regular unit, or unit of the Permanent Colonial Forces, is required.
		Army Pay Department.—Officers are appointed to the department, on probation for a period not exceeding one year, after serving for five years in one of the other arms or branches of the service.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /NUM_ORC/OFFICERS.html (7228 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)

	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)

	Yale University Library: Major Microforms
		Here is a brief printed index to the papers of each house, which lists the sessions by date and number and refers the reader to the appropriate reel and frame number.
		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.
		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)

	NJCH - Horizon Speakers Bureau - Topic List
		Often described as the “Schindler’s List of New Jersey,” the Seabrook program was discontinued after the war, but its little-known story remains ingrained in the memories of many Japanese-Americans.
		Hundreds of NJ properties are among the 77,000 listed on the National Register.
		The view that New Jersey was a conservative backwater during the period between 1865 and 1894 is refuted.
	www.njch.org /ideas_listcategory.php?CategoryName=New+Jersey+Topics (2144 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - PEASANT TO PRIME MINISTER Legacy unquestioned - Sunday \| September 18, 2005
		After the Morant Bay rebellion of 1865, crown colony government was established and as a consequence there were no elections until 1884 when representative government was restored.
		Despite the fact that for these elections at least half of the electorate was from the peasantry, such was the division and apathy among the voters that not one fl man was elected to the Legislature until 1899 when Alexander Dixon defeated J.V. Calder in the by-elections held in St. Elizabeth.
		Looking at the long list of colonial governors, only two can be described as Patterson's equal for either ability or achievement John Peter Grant and Hugh Foot.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050918/focus/focus2.html (1350 words)

	Presidential Inaugurations: A Selected List of References
		List of motion pictures and sound recordings relating to Presidential inaugurations, compiled by E. Daniel Potts.
		Includes lists of committee members, program of promenade concert, order of dancing, and menu.
		Includes lists of committee members, program of promenade concert, order of dancing, and bill of fare.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/pihtml/freitag.html (7998 words)

	index2
		I have tried to put together as accurate a list of mayors as I could, using material from family histories and newspapers, as well as the "Blue Book." If no dates were found, I tried to put the Mayor in the proper decade, if possible.
		Mason County was part of the proposed colony of Vandalia, whose capital was to be at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River, (i.e..
		The colony was opposed by the Washington family, primarily because they and their business partners had laid claim to much of the county and feared that the proposal, put forth by George Mercer and his business associates in 1773, would void those claims.
	members.citynet.net /mcyfl/index2.html (1295 words)

	New York State Library: Annotated Bibliography of Selected New York State Maps: 1793-1900 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the colonial period, and during the Revolution, the vast majority of North American maps were published in Europe, mainly by the British and French.
		The situation for these nineteenth century maps is particularly complex, for the copyright for some maps was sometimes purchased from the author by the publisher, and some publishers also controlled printing, or bought a copyright for subsequent reprinting.
		Lists of steamboat mileage from New York City to Albany, Philadelphia, Niagara.
	www.nysl.nysed.gov /msscfa/mapsbibl.htm (10868 words)

	NJDARM:New Jersey State Archives Holdings: Supreme Court of New Jersey
		The Supreme Court had pre-1948 jurisdiction over: original common law cases including debt and trespass; treason, sedition and naturalization during the Revolutionary and colonial periods; and appeals, including cases from the Courts of Common Pleas.
		The second volume includes an 1860 list of peddler's licenses.
		Fogg was a Special Master and Examiner in Chancery and a Supreme Court Commissioner; filed with the clerk's office 15 June 1927.
	www.state.nj.us /state/darm/links/webcat/queries/sjsuprem.html (514 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)

	Sources for the American Revolution at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History
		The lists of names in four acts relating to confiscation or amercement of estates were omitted in the printing of those acts in volume 4 of Thomas Cooper and David J. McCord, eds., The Statutes at Large of South Carolina.
		The manuscript of this roll was deposited with the Secretary of State by agreement between the South Carolina Society of Cincinnati and the General Assembly in exchange for assistance with a limited edition publication in 1886.
		Listed in Great Britain, Public Record Office, Lists and Indexes No. xxxvi: List of Colonial Office Records, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Reprint Edition with annotations, New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1963), p.
	www.state.sc.us /scdah/exhibits/revolution/revsources.htm (8805 words)

	Rights of English Citizens
		A publication entitled An Abstract of the Laws of New England as They are Now Established concluded that for the best protection of the county, "First, a law [is] to be made for the training of all the men in the country fit to bear arms, unto the exercise of military discipline.
		Lord Baltimore, the founder of Maryland, published a list defining the required equipage of settlers to his colony.
		The costs the items are shown in the version of Baltimore's list published by Hall; ARMS amount to 10% of the budget for the total equipage.
	www.mcrkba.org /w1.html (2679 words)

	UNC Asheville -- History Department
		Remember, as with history this list is always growing, ever changing and more is added as knowledge accumulates.
		Also, this is not a complete list of the UNCA or any other library there are many more sources waiting to be found.
		To future keepers of this list and those who may want to add to it, never censure or try to judge what may or may not be on this list other than that it is a credible part of history that should be looked at and studied by all those wishing to seek the truth.
	www.unca.edu /history/resources/biddix.html (2684 words)

	Countie-appendix 1
		Following the publication of the ten-volume set of The Colonial Records of North Carolina (Raleigh: various publishers, 1886-1890), edited by William L. Saunders, a whole new source of original documents was at hand for the use of the historian of the seventeenth century.
		There are other general histories of the colonial period which devote a portion of their contents to Carolina.
		John A. Doyle’s English Colonies in America (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1889, 3 volumes) cites manuscript sources in England in many cases, yet in others there are references to such questionable secondary accounts as George Chalmers’ Political Annals of the Present United Colonies and Hugh Williamson’s The History of North Carolina.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/colonial/bookshelf/countie/countapp1.htm (1960 words)

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