The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 231
... 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 796
... appointed by the court to lay out a new town assumed the power of dividing the inhabitants into three ranks ; and committees appointed by the town continued this practice and seem to have exercised the authority of censors , degrading ...
... appointed by the court to lay out a new town assumed the power of dividing the inhabitants into three ranks ; and committees appointed by the town continued this practice and seem to have exercised the authority of censors , degrading ...
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