Roger Ludlow, the Colonial LawmakerG.P. Putnam's sons, 1900 - 166 pages |
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Page 53
... haue something ingaged themselues & their estates in the planting of the said ryver , & by vertue of a pattent , doe require jurisdiccon of the said place & people , & neither the mindes of the said p'sonages ( they being writ vnto ) ...
... haue something ingaged themselues & their estates in the planting of the said ryver , & by vertue of a pattent , doe require jurisdiccon of the said place & people , & neither the mindes of the said p'sonages ( they being writ vnto ) ...
Page 54
... haue full power & aucthor- itie to hear & determine in a judiciall way , by witnesses vpon oathe examine , wth [ in ] the said plantacon , all those differences wch may arise between partie & partie , as also , vpon misdemean ' , to ...
... haue full power & aucthor- itie to hear & determine in a judiciall way , by witnesses vpon oathe examine , wth [ in ] the said plantacon , all those differences wch may arise between partie & partie , as also , vpon misdemean ' , to ...
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... haue taken the Oath of Fidellity , and doe co- habitte within this Jurisdiction ( hauing beene admitted Inhabitants ... haue Gouernour , and he that hath the greatest number of papers shall be Gouernour for that yeare . And the rest of ...
... haue taken the Oath of Fidellity , and doe co- habitte within this Jurisdiction ( hauing beene admitted Inhabitants ... haue Gouernour , and he that hath the greatest number of papers shall be Gouernour for that yeare . And the rest of ...
Page 77
John Metcalf Taylor. distinctly , and euery one that would haue the person nom- inated to be chosen shall bring in one single paper written vppon , and he that would not haue him chosen shall bring in a blanke ; and euery one that hath ...
John Metcalf Taylor. distinctly , and euery one that would haue the person nom- inated to be chosen shall bring in one single paper written vppon , and he that would not haue him chosen shall bring in a blanke ; and euery one that hath ...
Page 78
... haue power to giue order to the Constables of the seuerall Townes to doe the same , and so may meete togather , and chuse to themselues a Moderator , and may proceed to do any Acte of power , which any other Generall Courte may . 7. It ...
... haue power to giue order to the Constables of the seuerall Townes to doe the same , and so may meete togather , and chuse to themselues a Moderator , and may proceed to do any Acte of power , which any other Generall Courte may . 7. It ...
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Page 4 - Having undertaken for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 4 - Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all...
Page 4 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 75 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased the Almighty God by the wise disposition of his divine providence so to order and dispose of things that we the inhabitants and residents of Windsor...
Page 75 - Gouerment established according to God, to order and dispose of the affayres of the people at all seasons as occation shall require; doe therefore assotiate and conioyne our selues to be as one Publike State or Comonwelth...
Page 42 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Page 76 - Oath recorded for that purpose shall have power to administer justice according to the Lawes here established, and for want thereof according to the rule of the word of God...
Page 3 - Lastly (and which was not least), a great hope and inward zeal they had of laying some good foundation, or at least to make some way thereunto, for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world; yea, though they should be but even as stepping-stones unto others for the performing of so great a work.
Page 77 - Magestracy which was not propownded in some Generall Courte before, to be nominated the next Election ; and to that end yt shall be lawfull for ech of the Townes aforesaid by their deputyes to nominate any two...
Page 84 - It is claimed by some recent writers that it was not the intention of the framers of the Constitution to confer...