Word: council
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Last evening Professor John Fiske delivered the fifth of his series of lectures on the early history of the southern colonies. He discussed the condition of the colony at the downfall of the London Company and the rise of self government under a governor and council appointed by the king...
Mutual recriminations were exchanged between the court and the popular parties; until finally in 1623 a formal complaint, embodying charges of a serious nature, was laid before the Privy Council. A masterly reply, drawn up by Sandys, Cavendish and Ferrar, was made to these charges, but the Privy Council refused it consideration. In vain did the king try to bring evidence damaging to the Company. The settlers themselves were entirely satisfied. Bribes were tried, but unsuccessfully...
...argued, and on June 16, 1624, the Chief Justice declared the Company's Charter null and void. Ferrar, before surrendering the records of the company had copies of them made, which are now in the possession of the Unsted States government. The originals were probably destroyed by the Privy Council...
...FLERSHEM.THE Harvard Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew will meet tonight in Grays 17 at seven o'clock. Robert H. Gardiner, Esq., President of the Boston Local Council, will be present. All members of the Brotherhood are cordially invited...
...Fall River. After graduating from college in 1850, he studied law at the Harvard Law School and later in the office of Brigham and Loring, of Boston. He began practice in Fall River, and from 1857-59, was city solicitor. He was common councilman in 1860, president of the council in 1861, and alderman from 1866 to 1873. In 1864 he was appointed to the position of clerk of the Bristol County Court, which he has held for thirty-two years...