Matching Articles"Politics" (Total 15)

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  • Administration of Law to 1729
    An article on the administration of law in Newfoundland to 1729
  • Fishing Admirals
    The 'fishing admiral' was a label assigned to the first ship captain who entered the harbour at the start of the fishing season.
  • Formal Law
    An article on formal law in Newfoundland up to 1729.
  • Antoine Parat
    Biography of Antoine Parat, governor of Plaisance from 1685-1690.
  • Bellot dit Lafontaine
    Biography of Bellot dit Lafontaine, governor of Plaisance from 1664-1667.
  • Jacques-François de Mombeton de Brouillan
    Biography of Jacques-François de Mombeton, governor of Plaisance from 1690-1701.
  • Joseph de Monic
    Biography of Joseph de Monic, acting governor of Plaisance from 1697-1702.
  • La Palme
    Biography of La Palme, governor of Plaisance from 1667-1670.
  • La Poippe
    Biography of La Poippe, governor of Plaisance from 1670-1684.
  • Louis de Pastour de Costebelle
    Biography of Louis de Pastour de Costebelle, interim governor of Plaisance from 1690-1691.
  • Nicolas Gargot
    Biography of Nicolas Gargot, governor of Plaisance in 1660.
  • Sieur de Kéréon
    Biography of Sieur de Kéréon, governor of Plaisance in 1655.
  • Government before 1730
    Newfoundland's legal and political evolution differed considerably from other British possessions and colonies in North America.
  • Law and the Fishing Admirals
    An article on the Newfoundland Fishing Admirals and the Law up to 1729.
  • Proprietary Governors, 1610-1728
    A history of proprietary governors in Newfoundland which began in 1610, with the appointment of its first governor, John Guy and ended in 1728 with the appointment of the first naval governor.

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