Joseph Howe To Lord John Russell
…Francis Head succeeded in pleasing the people and getting the majority on his side. Admitting the full force that the worthy Baronet gives to this case, it is after all…
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Documentary History of the State of Maine: Volume VII Containing The Farnham Papers 1603-1688
…in Martins Lane nere vnto this Cittie of London in the princee of sr Allexander Strachan Baronet of Thornton, George Angush Peter James & Kich’ Grimes witnesses herevnto Called &…
The history of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, from the first settlement thereof in 1628, until its incorporation…in 1691
…also a grant of a baronettage of Nova-Scotia. It is probable the case was not just as represented. King Charles in 1625 confirmed Alexander’s grant, under whom La Tour settled…
Narrative and critical history of America
…no small satisfaction in the mother country. Pepperrell was made a baronet, Warren an admiral, and both Shirley and Pepperrell were commissioned as colonels. Subsequently, after a delay of four…
Nova Scotia Constitutional Timeline
…Laing, David, editor. “Royal letters, charters, and tracts, relating to the colonization of New Scotland, and the institution of the Order of knight baronets of Nova Scotia. -1638“. [Edinburgh Printed…
A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax
…Baronets listed, or proprietors in some other fashion. A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax. [London: Gentleman’s Magazine, 1750] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,…
“The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land”
…Scroope, b. in 1716, her grandfather or his brother, it is believed, being a baronet in Lincolnshire. Precisely how long before he came to Halifax John Pyke married, it is…
English Settlement and Local Governance
…feudal order, planned to raise money by creating hereditary Knights-Baronet, and obtained a coat of arms. By contemporary standards, Nova Scotia was successful, surviving until the early 1630s when the…
“A map of New Scotland with its dependencies and a succint account of the country”
…7th. And tho’ Charles 1st did grant a Charter for peopling this Province, and, to give it a sort of dignity, did institute an Order of Baronets of New Scotland,…