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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... appointed a certain Captain Richard Holdip to govern Surinam . Holdip went to the colony , but is recorded some time afterwards as having deserted it . He cannot have stayed longer than the summer of 1654 , for he sailed with Venables's ...
... appointed a certain Captain Richard Holdip to govern Surinam . Holdip went to the colony , but is recorded some time afterwards as having deserted it . He cannot have stayed longer than the summer of 1654 , for he sailed with Venables's ...
Page 377
... appointed by the Crown , largely on the governor's recommendation , formed the executive . The Legis- lature ... appoint officers and fix their salaries . They endeavoured to obtain greater control over expenditure . Arrogating to ...
... appointed by the Crown , largely on the governor's recommendation , formed the executive . The Legis- lature ... appoint officers and fix their salaries . They endeavoured to obtain greater control over expenditure . Arrogating to ...
Page 412
... appointed in different ways , the general fact remains that ultimately the King was the source of all authority exercised by the officials in a royal colony and thus stood at the apex of the entire official system in America . He ...
... appointed in different ways , the general fact remains that ultimately the King was the source of all authority exercised by the officials in a royal colony and thus stood at the apex of the entire official system in America . He ...
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