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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). Search the whole document.
Found 32 total hits in 15 results.
New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry burnet-william
Burnet, William, 1688-
Colonial governor; born at The Hague, Holland, in March, 1688, when William of Orange (afterwards William III.
of England) became his godfather at baptism; was a son of Bishop Burnet; became engaged in the South Sea speculations, which involved him pecuniarily, and, to retrieve his fortune, he received the appointment of governor of the colonies of New York and New Jersey.
He arrived in New York in September, 1720.
Becoming unpopular there, he was transferred to the governments of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
He arrived at Boston in July, 1728, and was received with unusual pomp.
This show he urged in his speech as a proof of their ability to give a liberal support to his government, and acquainted them with the King's instructions to him to insist upon an established salary, and his intention to adhere to it. The Assembly at once took an attitude of opposition to the governor.
They voted him £ 1,700 to enable him to manage public affairs, and to d
Holland (Netherlands) (search for this): entry burnet-william
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry burnet-william
Orange, N. J. (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry burnet-william
Burnet, William, 1688-
Colonial governor; born at The Hague, Holland, in March, 1688, when William of Orange (afterwards William III.
of England) became his godfather at baptism; was a son of Bishop Burnet; became engaged in the South Sea speculations, which involved him pecuniarily, and, to retrieve his fortune, he received the appointment of governor of the colonies of New York and New Jersey.
He arrived in New York in September, 1720.
Becoming unpopular there, he was transferred to the governments of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
He arrived at Boston in July, 1728, and was received with unusual pomp.
This show he urged in his speech as a proof of their ability to give a liberal support to his government, and acquainted them with the King's instructions to him to insist upon an established salary, and his intention to adhere to it. The Assembly at once took an attitude of opposition to the governor.
They voted him £ 1,700 to enable him to manage public affairs, and to d
The Hague (Netherlands) (search for this): entry burnet-william
Burnet, William, 1688-
Colonial governor; born at The Hague, Holland, in March, 1688, when William of Orange (afterwards William III.
of England) became his godfather at baptism; was a son of Bishop Burnet; became engaged in the South Sea speculations, which involved him pecuniarily, and, to retrieve his fortune, he received the appointment of governor of the colonies of New York and New Jersey.
He arrived in New York in September, 1720.
Becoming unpopular there, he was transferred to the governments of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
He arrived at Boston in July, 1728, and was received with unusual pomp.
This show he urged in his speech as a proof of their ability to give a liberal support to his government, and acquainted them with the King's instructions to him to insist upon an established salary, and his intention to adhere to it. The Assembly at once took an attitude of opposition to the governor.
They voted him £ 1,700 to enable him to manage public affairs, and to
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry burnet-william
Burnet, William, 1688-
Colonial governor; born at The Hague, Holland, in March, 1688, when William of Orange (afterwards William III.
of England) became his godfather at baptism; was a son of Bishop Burnet; became engaged in the South Sea speculations, which involved him pecuniarily, and, to retrieve his fortune, he received the appointment of governor of the colonies of New York and New Jersey.
He arrived in New York in September, 1720.
Becoming unpopular there, he was transferred to the governments of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
He arrived at Boston in July, 1728, and was received with unusual pomp.
This show he urged in his speech as a proof of their ability to give a liberal support to his government, and acquainted them with the King's instructions to him to insist upon an established salary, and his intention to adhere to it. The Assembly at once took an attitude of opposition to the governor.
They voted him £ 1,700 to enable him to manage public affairs, and to
Salem (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry burnet-william
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): entry burnet-william
Josiah Gilbert Holland (search for this): entry burnet-william
Burnet, William, 1688-
Colonial governor; born at The Hague, Holland, in March, 1688, when William of Orange (afterwards William III.
of England) became his godfather at baptism; was a son of Bishop Burnet; became engaged in the South Sea speculations, which involved him pecuniarily, and, to retrieve his fortune, he received the appointment of governor of the colonies of New York and New Jersey.
He arrived in New York in September, 1720.
Becoming unpopular there, he was transferred to the governments of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
He arrived at Boston in July, 1728, and was received with unusual pomp.
This show he urged in his speech as a proof of their ability to give a liberal support to his government, and acquainted them with the King's instructions to him to insist upon an established salary, and his intention to adhere to it. The Assembly at once took an attitude of opposition to the governor.
They voted him £ 1,700 to enable him to manage public affairs, and to
William Burnet (search for this): entry burnet-william
Burnet, William, 1688-
Colonial governor; born at The Hague, Holland, in March, 1688, when William of Orange (afterwards William III.
of England) became his godfather at baptism; was a son of Bishop Burnet; became engaged in the South Sea speculations, which involved him pecuniarily, and, to retrieve his fortune, he received the appointment of governor of the colonies of New York and New Jersey.
He arrived in New York in September, 1720.
Becoming unpopular there, he was transferred to tBishop Burnet; became engaged in the South Sea speculations, which involved him pecuniarily, and, to retrieve his fortune, he received the appointment of governor of the colonies of New York and New Jersey.
He arrived in New York in September, 1720.
Becoming unpopular there, he was transferred to the governments of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
He arrived at Boston in July, 1728, and was received with unusual pomp.
This show he urged in his speech as a proof of their ability to give a liberal support to his government, and acquainted them with the King's instructions to him to insist upon an established salary, and his intention to adhere to it. The Assembly at once took an attitude of opposition to the governor.
They voted him £ 1,700 to enable him to manage public affairs, and to