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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THE NAVAL OFFICER 291 commissioned by the governor , 1 but after 1691 , under the new charter , the appointment fell into the hands of the royal governor . In Con- necticut the office was controlled by the Assembly at first and after- ...
THE NAVAL OFFICER 291 commissioned by the governor , 1 but after 1691 , under the new charter , the appointment fell into the hands of the royal governor . In Con- necticut the office was controlled by the Assembly at first and after- ...
Page 387
GOVERNORS ' SALARIES AND REVENUE 387 the natural interpretation of much of the procedure of the Assemblies during the first half of the eighteenth century . Sometimes the nomin- ated councils , which with the governor formed the ...
GOVERNORS ' SALARIES AND REVENUE 387 the natural interpretation of much of the procedure of the Assemblies during the first half of the eighteenth century . Sometimes the nomin- ated councils , which with the governor formed the ...
Page 407
But the Jamaica Assembly , aroused by Governor Vaughan to a sense of its own parliamentary importance , rejected the plan completely and gave its reasons therefor , among which was the " superiority of the former system " .
But the Jamaica Assembly , aroused by Governor Vaughan to a sense of its own parliamentary importance , rejected the plan completely and gave its reasons therefor , among which was the " superiority of the former system " .
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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 | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2009 |
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