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... Council in Vir- ginia should proceed according to the common " law of the realm and the equity thereof . " Thereafter , the Council was subject to change or additions at the pleasure of the king , who had the power to veto all ...
... Council in Vir- ginia should proceed according to the common " law of the realm and the equity thereof . " Thereafter , the Council was subject to change or additions at the pleasure of the king , who had the power to veto all ...
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... Council to depose the President or fellow - councillors , and the three then voting repre- sented a majority of the Council as constituted , and only seven councillors had been appointed originally . Incidentally , Wing- field quaintly ...
... Council to depose the President or fellow - councillors , and the three then voting repre- sented a majority of the Council as constituted , and only seven councillors had been appointed originally . Incidentally , Wing- field quaintly ...
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... Council [ left in Virginia ] were dead , but Captain Smith , President , who reigned sole governor without assistants and would at first admit of no Council but himself . This man is sent home to answer some misdemeanors , whereof I ...
... Council [ left in Virginia ] were dead , but Captain Smith , President , who reigned sole governor without assistants and would at first admit of no Council but himself . This man is sent home to answer some misdemeanors , whereof I ...
Contents
Foreword ix | 1 |
Corporate Plans for Planting | 34 |
Nadir and Upswing | 165 |
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