1000 resultados para Governor William Bligh


Relevância:

40.00% 40.00%

Publicador:

Resumo:

Read before the Maine Historical Society at Portland, May 15, 1879.

Relevância:

30.00% 30.00%

Publicador:

Resumo:

Appointment of William Woodruff to be Ensign in the 1st Regiment of Lincoln Militia in the Niagara District. This is signed by Francis Gore, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada. The document is quite stained and watermarked. The text is not affected, Nov. 5, 1815.

Relevância:

30.00% 30.00%

Publicador:

Resumo:

Letter to William Dickson from R. Dickson regarding a vacancy that was made open in India. It is suggested that W. Dickson might be appointed and R. Dickson would like William to speak to the governor on his behalf (1 page, double-sided, handwritten), June 10, 1816.

Relevância:

30.00% 30.00%

Publicador:

Resumo:

Letter to Colonel Henry Nelles from Colonel William Bullock, Adjt. General of Militia of Toronto stating that His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor is pleased to accept the resignation of Lieutenant Thomas Waddell. This letter is attached to a letter to Colonel Richard Bullock from Henry Nelles reporting on the weekly state of the 4th Lincoln Militia. There is also a copy of the half yearly return of recommendation and appointments of the 4th Regiment of the Lincoln Militia (2 pages in total, handwritten), Dec. 13, 1838.

Relevância:

30.00% 30.00%

Publicador:

Resumo:

Copies of warrants and writs concerning public unrest caused by an attempt to survey lands on Long Island in 1702.

Relevância:

30.00% 30.00%

Publicador:

Resumo:

Four letters written from St. Pierre, Martinique, Basseterre, Guadalupe, and St. Barts. In one letter written over a number of days, he describes extensively his travels in Antigua, and the various people he met, including Captain William Jarvis. He also details his meeting with Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington, the governor of the Leeward Islands, regarding the prospects of importing ice.

Relevância:

30.00% 30.00%

Publicador:

Resumo:

Three letters containing details about Mrs. Tudor’s travels to the Hudson Valley estates of Governor Morgan Lewis and former New York Chancellor Robert Livingston, and New Haven, Connecticut, as well as gossip and news about family friends.

Relevância:

30.00% 30.00%

Publicador:

Resumo:

Five letters relaying news of the Decembrist revolution and Buenos Aires Governor Manuel Dorrego’s execution, as well as developments in other Argentinean provinces. Forbes also writes about a personal conflict with Commodore James Creighton, and requests Tudor’s assistance in intervening on behalf of American citizens.

Relevância:

30.00% 30.00%

Publicador:

Resumo:

Four letters in which Forbes discusses the peace achieved in Buenos Aires, and the question of whether to reinstall the junta that was overthrown in the Decembrist revolution, as well as a meeting with the new governor, Juan Manuel Rosas. He also describes the response in Buenos Aires to the peace reached between Colombia and Peru, and the funeral of executed Buenos Aires Governor Manuel Dorrego.