 | Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio - Ohio - 1852 - 558 pages
...in all commissions of a civil or military nature, the name of the king shall be omitted, and that of the governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, substituted in its place ; and in all oaths of office, the officers shall swear to be... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1873 - 450 pages
...contradicting, passed the seals. It created " a body corporate and politic, in fact and name, by the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England in America." Similar to the charter of Connecticut in grants marked by a... | |
 | John Russell Smith - America - 1874 - 304 pages
...2s 6 d New York, 1852 1994 RHODE ISLAND.— The Charter granted by His Majesty King Charles II, to the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England in America (with the Laws). Folio, fine clean copy in calf neat. £5. 5s... | |
 | George Washington Greene - Rhode Island - 1877 - 406 pages
...time to time, and forever hereafter, a body corporate and politic, in fact and name, by the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America; and that, by the same name, they and their successors shall... | |
 | Edward Howland - History - 1877 - 848 pages
...was provided that all commissions, writs, and processes in the courts should be issued in the name of "The Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. " It was understood, though not openly declared, that this action of Rhode Island meant... | |
 | R. H. Howard, Henry E. Crocker - New England - 1879 - 512 pages
...ordained that the Colonies should be " a body coiporate and politic, in fact and name, by the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England in America." J The government of Rhode Island continued under this charter... | |
 | Lincoln (R.I.) - 1881 - 264 pages
...law, reference to the King should be omitted, and they should run in the name, and by the authority of "The Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." Stephen Hopkins and William Ellery were appointed delegates to the Continental Congress.... | |
 | Henry Edward Turner, Risbrough Hammett Tilley - Rhode Island - 1882 - 608 pages
...authority of the Governor and company of this Colony shall be substituted, in the following words, to wit : The Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." "That all such commissions, writs and processes, shall be otherwise of the same form... | |
 | Justin Winsor - America - 1884 - 626 pages
...pre-emptive right to extinguish the Indian title. The charter created a corporation by the name of " The Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England in America." This charter gave the whole of the Narragansett country to... | |
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... the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations... 
