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... Captain Keayne . Seven assistants refrained from voting . As an outcome of the controversy the General Court resolved that the two bodies should sit apart , that bills might originate in either , and that a bill having passed one house ...
... Captain Keayne . Seven assistants refrained from voting . As an outcome of the controversy the General Court resolved that the two bodies should sit apart , that bills might originate in either , and that a bill having passed one house ...
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... Captain William Claiborne , accord- ing to his own statement , " entered upon the Isle of Kent , unplanted by any man , but possessed by the natives of that country , with about 100 men and there contracted with the natives and bought ...
... Captain William Claiborne , accord- ing to his own statement , " entered upon the Isle of Kent , unplanted by any man , but possessed by the natives of that country , with about 100 men and there contracted with the natives and bought ...
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... Captain Nicholas Martian , an ancestor of George Wash- ington.3 The minister in charge of the settlement was Rev. Richard James , a clergyman of the Established Church . * Such was the condition of affairs when , on the 20th of June ...
... Captain Nicholas Martian , an ancestor of George Wash- ington.3 The minister in charge of the settlement was Rev. Richard James , a clergyman of the Established Church . * Such was the condition of affairs when , on the 20th of June ...
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... St. Mary's , charges were preferred against Claiborne by Captain Henry 1 Maryland Archives , Council Proceedings , I , 22 . 2 Ibid . , II , 164 . Fleete to the effect that he was inciting the Indians 137 ] 15 Dispute over Kent Island .
... St. Mary's , charges were preferred against Claiborne by Captain Henry 1 Maryland Archives , Council Proceedings , I , 22 . 2 Ibid . , II , 164 . Fleete to the effect that he was inciting the Indians 137 ] 15 Dispute over Kent Island .
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... Captain Fleete the lie , and saying that if he were present he would tell him so to his face . He further added that he wondered that they should take any notice of what Fleete said , where- upon the Virginia commissioners , by way of ...
... Captain Fleete the lie , and saying that if he were present he would tell him so to his face . He further added that he wondered that they should take any notice of what Fleete said , where- upon the Virginia commissioners , by way of ...
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