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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
f heraldry, among the scattered cabins between the Chowan and the ocean? Albemarle had been increased by fresh emigrants 1665 from New England, and by a colony of ship-builders from the Bermudas, Martin, i. 142. who lived contentedly with Stevens as chief magistrate, under a very wise and 1667 simple form of government. A few words express its outlines; a council of twelve, six named by the proprietaries, and six chosen by the assembly; an assembly, composed of the governor, the counciroduction of the constitutions of Locke had before been difficult, it was now become impossible. While it was thus practically uncertain what was the government of North Carolina, the country was 1674. left without a governor by the death of Stevens. The assembly, conforming to a prudent instruction of the proprietaries, elected a successor; and Cartwright, their speaker, acted for two years at the head of the administration. But the difficulty of introducing the 1674 to 1676. model did