The Colonies of England: A Plan for the Government of Some Portion of Our Colonial Possessions"Chiefly British North America, but New Zealand 'not of a size to need more than one Provincial Government'--p. 164-5"--Bagnall. |
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... corporation nothing but a desert territory , with the right of peopling and defending it , and reserved to the monarch absolute legislative au- thority , the control of all appointments , and a hope of ultimate revenue . † To the ...
... corporation nothing but a desert territory , with the right of peopling and defending it , and reserved to the monarch absolute legislative au- thority , the control of all appointments , and a hope of ultimate revenue . † To the ...
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... corporation . The check would have been complete , had the powers of appointment and legislation been given to the people of Virginia . " * The King , besides this charter , in the plenitude of his royal benevolence and wisdom , added a ...
... corporation . The check would have been complete , had the powers of appointment and legislation been given to the people of Virginia . " * The King , besides this charter , in the plenitude of his royal benevolence and wisdom , added a ...
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... corporation , ordered , that the industry and commerce of the respective colonies should for five years at least , be conducted in a joint stock . The King also reserved for himself the right of future legislation . " † Severe ...
... corporation , ordered , that the industry and commerce of the respective colonies should for five years at least , be conducted in a joint stock . The King also reserved for himself the right of future legislation . " † Severe ...
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... corporation . This alteration rendered the political constitution ( if I may use the term ) under which the scheme of colonizing was to be attempted , as inefficient and mischievous as possible . The supreme power was in the hands of a ...
... corporation . This alteration rendered the political constitution ( if I may use the term ) under which the scheme of colonizing was to be attempted , as inefficient and mischievous as possible . The supreme power was in the hands of a ...
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... corporation . Vacancies in the council were now to be filled by those who obtained the majority of votes given by members of the corporation , and four several courts of the body of proprietors were directed to be held during the year ...
... corporation . Vacancies in the council were now to be filled by those who obtained the majority of votes given by members of the corporation , and four several courts of the body of proprietors were directed to be held during the year ...
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