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... Company of Mattachusetts Bay in Newe - England . " In the following year the company and their charter were transferred to America . In accordance with this patent the whole body of freemen elected annually a governor , deputy ...
... Company of Mattachusetts Bay in Newe - England . " In the following year the company and their charter were transferred to America . In accordance with this patent the whole body of freemen elected annually a governor , deputy ...
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... Company included a large part of the present area of the United States . The territory subsequently granted to Lord Baltimore was , of course , carved out of this original grant to the Virginia Company . While the Virginians strenuously ...
... Company included a large part of the present area of the United States . The territory subsequently granted to Lord Baltimore was , of course , carved out of this original grant to the Virginia Company . While the Virginians strenuously ...
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... Company , and obtained a special license from the King , dated May 16 , 1631.2 This license seems to have been drawn up by Sir William Alexander , the Scottish Secretary , under the privy seal of Scotland , and was obtained with a ...
... Company , and obtained a special license from the King , dated May 16 , 1631.2 This license seems to have been drawn up by Sir William Alexander , the Scottish Secretary , under the privy seal of Scotland , and was obtained with a ...
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... company and their heirs , and by force or virtue thereof William Claiborne and his company stood seized of the said Island . " 2 There is no mention in the Virginia records of any formal grant to Claiborne by the Governor and Council ...
... company and their heirs , and by force or virtue thereof William Claiborne and his company stood seized of the said Island . " 2 There is no mention in the Virginia records of any formal grant to Claiborne by the Governor and Council ...
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... Company had been annulled did not affect the rights of the colony to settle lands within the territory originally comprised in the grants to the Company , provided such lands had not already been granted by the Crown to other parties ...
... Company had been annulled did not affect the rights of the colony to settle lands within the territory originally comprised in the grants to the Company , provided such lands had not already been granted by the Crown to other parties ...
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Page 237 - The concessions and agreements of the proprietors, freeholders and inhabitants of the province of West New Jersey in America.
Page 33 - God's and his own heart's), did voluntarily leave his warm nest, and, to the wonder of his kindred, and amazement of them that knew him, undertake this hard, but, in my judgment, heroicall resolution to go to Virginia, and helpe to beare the name of God unto the Gentiles.
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Page 49 - Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs had been established, to adopt such a government as should, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and of America in general.
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Page 52 - I do declare and promise that I will be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is now established, without a King or House of Lords.