The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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The Duke of York , brother of Charles II , undertook the prosecution of the plan . " In March 1664 he received letters patent creating him proprietor of certain territory to the north of New England , of the islands from Cape Cod to the ...
The Duke of York , brother of Charles II , undertook the prosecution of the plan . " In March 1664 he received letters patent creating him proprietor of certain territory to the north of New England , of the islands from Cape Cod to the ...
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After the peace of 1674 the Crown granted new letters patent for both New York and New Jersey to the Duke of York alone , in disregard of the Quaker purchase . Andros , who went out to govern the two provinces for the duke , declined to ...
After the peace of 1674 the Crown granted new letters patent for both New York and New Jersey to the Duke of York alone , in disregard of the Quaker purchase . Andros , who went out to govern the two provinces for the duke , declined to ...
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With Jamaica , the Leeward Islands , Massachusetts Bay , and New York — the only other colonies that came into the hands of the Crown in the seventeenth century — the case was somewhat different . Jamaica was a conquered province ...
With Jamaica , the Leeward Islands , Massachusetts Bay , and New York — the only other colonies that came into the hands of the Crown in the seventeenth century — the case was somewhat different . Jamaica was a conquered province ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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