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  List of Governors of Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The title of "His Excellency" is a throwback to the executives of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Province of New England, and Royal Colony of Massachusetts, all of whom, as royal appointees, were afforded this title.
The governor also serves as Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth's armed forces, a position the power of which has declined as the states of the United States have become less individual nations and more subnational units.
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 Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Though not in parliament he was appointed colonial secretary and minister for railways in the Mitchell government in May 1919, a fortnight later was elected a member of the legislative assembly, and exchanged the portfolio of colonial secretary for those of mines, industries and forests.
In January 1939 as president of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science which met at Canberra, he chose as the subject of his address, "The History of Australian Science", and in February he was appointed a trustee of the public library, museums and national gallery of Victoria.
When the colony was passing through a troublesome time in 1892 the suggestion was made that he should come back to the legislative assembly and lead a coalition government, but the state of his health would not permit him to do this.
gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogSa-Sp.html   (21493 words)

  
 United States
The United States traces its national origin to the declaration by thirteen British colonies in 1776 that they were free and independent states.
This tripartite system is duplicated, with variations, (such as elected governors instead of a president) at the state level.
At the time of the United States Declaration of Independence, the thirteen colonies transformed themselves into states, initially connected in a loose confederation, and later united as a unified country (cf.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/un/united_states.html   (2553 words)

  
 New Netherland Project Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Calendar of New York Colonial Manuscripts Indorsed Land Papers in the Office of the Secretary of state of New York, 1643-1803.
Education in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies: Papers of the 7th Rensselaerswyck Seminar of the New Netherland Project, eds.
Hageman, Howard G. "The Dutch Battle for Higher Education in the Middle Colonies." Education in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies: Papers of the 7th Rensselaerswyck Seminar of the New Netherland Project.
www.nnp.org /project/bibliography.html   (6115 words)

  
 kauai.ca - 1939   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
He was born on Feb. 25, 1939 in Jacksonville, Fla. to the late Howard Lang and Lillie Ruth Taylor Powers.
Born in Coatesville, Pa., she had lived in Plainsboro and on the family farm in Millstone since 1939 before moving to Ja...
Nobel Prize (search) week is upon us, but to find out who the front-runners are, the best you can do is ask the...
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 History Resources - refdesk.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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)

  
 University Press of Kentucky
The Public Papers of Governor Brereton C. Jones, 1991-1995
Public Papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955
Public Papers of Governor Wendell H. Ford, 1971-1974
www.kentuckypress.com /catalog.cfm   (565 words)

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