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" England, shall be, from 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... "
Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence ...
by Rhode Island. General Assembly - 1858 - 238 pages
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Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Volume 1

Rhode Island Historical Society - Rhode Island - 1872 - 684 pages
...adoption of these resolutions, Governor Joseph Wanton, thrn "Captain General and Commander-in-Chief over the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England in America," issued a commission to Messrs. Hopkins and Ward, authorizing and empowering them " to repair to the...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 786 pages
...in obtaining a charter from the crown.3 § 96. That charter incorporated the inhabitants by the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony...Providence Plantations in New England in America, conferring on them the usual powers of corporations. The executive power was lodged in a governor,...
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A Compendious History of New England: From the Discovery by ..., Volume 2

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...Providence Plantations in New England in America." Similar to the charter of Connecticut in grants marked by a liberality hitherto unexampled, it added...
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Publications, Volumes 1-3

Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio - Ohio - 1852 - 558 pages
...whereby, 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 faithful and...
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The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge

1873 - 812 pages
...necessary money was raised, and a charter obtained in February, 1764, " for a college or university in the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America." One of the provisions of this charter is as follows: "And furthermore, it is hereby enacted and declared,...
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The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 3

George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1873 - 1484 pages
...necessary money was raised, and a charter obtained in February, 1764, " for a college or university in the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America." One of the provisions of this charter is as follows: "And furthermore, it is hereby enacted and declared,...
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Bibliotheca Americana: A Catalog of a Valuable Collection of Books and ...

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...and Providence Plantations in New England in America (with the Laws). Folio, fine clean copy in calf neat. £5. 5s Newport, Rhode Island, 1744 1 995 RIBADENEYRA...
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 92

New England - 1874 - 514 pages
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History of New England, Volume 2

John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1876 - 672 pages
...created * a body corporate and politic, • in fact and name, by the name of the Governor and Companv of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England in America." Similar to that of Connecticut in grants charter of prays your Majesty, of your princely grace and...
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Centennial Offering: Republication of the Principles and Acts of the ...

Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1876 - 536 pages
...appointment, viz : By the honorable SAMUEL WARD, governor, captain general and commander-in-chief of and over the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England in America. To Metcalf Bowler and to Henry Ward, esquires, GREETING : Whereas, the general assembly of this province...
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