 | Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish - New England - 1804 - 398 pages
...The patentees, and such as should be admitted free of the society, were incorporated by the name of " The governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence. " The supreme, or legislative power, was invested in an assembly ; the constituent members were to... | |
 | John Marshall - 1805 - 544 pages
...pass the seals until the following July, (1663). The patentees were incorporated by the name of 4 ' the governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence. The legislative power was vested in an assembly, to consist of the governor, deputy governor, the assistants,... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish - New England - 1808 - 226 pages
...The patentees, and such as should be admitted free of the society, were incorporated by the name of " The 'Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence." The supreme, or legislative power, was invested in an assembly; the constituent members were to -consist... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 590 pages
...King Charles II.; and, in July, 1683, obtained, in return, a charter of incorporation; which placed the ' Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence' upon the same footing with the other English colonies. Connecticut manifested neither joy, nor sorrow;... | |
 | John Marshall - United States - 1824 - 500 pages
...country. The object of the mission was obtained, and the patentees were incorporated by the name of " The governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence." The legislative power was vested in an assembly to consist of the CHAP, v. governor, deputy governor,... | |
 | Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...and granted, and hy these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, do give and grant to the said governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in the Narraganset Bay, in New England, in America, and to every inhahitant there, and to every person... | |
 | Brown University - 1895 - 1250 pages
...thoughtful people in that colon). The charter was granted, and read as follows : At the General Afsembly of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence-Plantations in New England in America, begun and lield at East Greenwich within & for said... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Electronic journals - 1833 - 416 pages
...same. An Analysis of the Galic Language. By William Shaw, AM Edinburgh, 1778. — From the same. The Charter, granted by his Majesty, King Charles II....the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations, in New England. Newport, 1767. — From the same. The New... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...obtaining a charter from the crown. § 40. That charter incorporated the inhabitants by the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America, conferring on them the usual powers of corporations. The executive power... | |
 | James Davis Knowles - Rhode Island - 1834 - 452 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 and may have... | |
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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... 
