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... deputy treasurer of the said company ; which deputy shall have power to do ... governor appointed XV . And we do also declare , that for divers reasons and ... governor or principal officer , so to be nominated and appointed , by our said ...
... deputy treasurer of the said company ; which deputy shall have power to do ... governor appointed XV . And we do also declare , that for divers reasons and ... governor or principal officer , so to be nominated and appointed , by our said ...
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... deputy , for the time being , or any two other of the deputy , or said council , for the said first colony in ... governor of Virginia , or his deputy , with some ship or pinnance , for our provision of the said colony , or for some ...
... deputy , for the time being , or any two other of the deputy , or said council , for the said first colony in ... governor of Virginia , or his deputy , with some ship or pinnance , for our provision of the said colony , or for some ...
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... deputy , with government , have , for the most part , grown and proceeded , one of the in regard our said Council ... governor , deputy , or council there , for the time being , shall think meet ; or otherwise , according to such laws ...
... deputy , with government , have , for the most part , grown and proceeded , one of the in regard our said Council ... governor , deputy , or council there , for the time being , shall think meet ; or otherwise , according to such laws ...
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... governor , council , and general court , for the enactment and execution of laws instrumental to the public good ... deputy governor , and eighteen assistants , from time to time elected out of the freemen of the Company , which officers ...
... governor , council , and general court , for the enactment and execution of laws instrumental to the public good ... deputy governor , and eighteen assistants , from time to time elected out of the freemen of the Company , which officers ...
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... Governor , Deputy Governor , and assistants , by name . It further provides of whom the court for the transaction of business should consist ; that it should assemble as often as once a month , and also , that four great general ...
... Governor , Deputy Governor , and assistants , by name . It further provides of whom the court for the transaction of business should consist ; that it should assemble as often as once a month , and also , that four great general ...
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according adventurers aforesaid America appointed assembly assistants belonging bounds called cause Charter chosen coast colony common confirmed constitute contrary corporation council court customs deputy governor directions dominions elected England English enjoy erect establish execution exercise expressed fish full power further George give and grant given governor grace heirs and assigns heirs and successors held Henry hereafter hereby hereditaments hold inhabitants islands John King kingdom knowledge lands laws letters patents liberties limits Lord lying manner Massachusetts matters means meeting mentioned miles mines necessary New-England nominated oaths obtained officers ordain orders pany paying person or persons places plantation pleasure ports possess power and authority premises presents privileges Provided province realm of England resident respectively river royal seal settle singular statutes subjects taken territory thereof things Thomas tion treasurer and company true unto Virginia whatsoever William Penn
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Page 57 - ... freely and fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences, in matters of religious concernments...
Page 78 - ... the oaths appointed by an act of parliament made in the first year of the reign of our late royal father, to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy...
Page 118 - And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, grant...
Page 19 - Contrary in any wise notwithstanding although express mention of the true yearly value or certainty of the premises or any of them or of any other gifts or grants by Us or by any of Our progenitors or predecessors heretofore made to the said James Duke of York in these presents is not made or any statute, act, ordinance...
Page 81 - ... to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances...
Page 52 - ... to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith, which in our royal intention, and the adventurers' free profession, is the principal end of this plantation.
Page 12 - ... all those lands, countries, and territories, situate, lying, and being, in that part of America called Virginia, from the point of land called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the sea coast, to the northward two hundred miles, and from the said point of Cape Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 57 - ... the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America ; and that, by the same name, they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession...
Page 83 - Commonwealth, to assemble in martial array, and put in warlike posture, the inhabitants thereof, and to lead and conduct them, and with them to encounter, repel, resist, expel and pursue, by force of arms...
Page 68 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...