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Contents
| 56. Secretary George Clarke, Jr.: One Thousand Pounds for a Governorship, 1740 |
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| 57. Governor George Clinton: A Governor's Perquisites, 1743-1746 |
162 |
| 58. Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations: Recommendation for the Removal of a Governor, 1762 |
165 |
| 59. Late Governor Thomas Pownall: The Governor of Dispute over Salaries 1764 |
166 |
| 60. Secretary the Earl of Dartmouth: A Reprimand to a Colonial Governor, 1772 |
169 |
CHAPTER IX — COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES | |
| 61. Charles Pettit: A Colonial Election, 1764 |
171 |
| 62. General Assembly of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Proceedings of a Colonial Legislature, 1723 |
173 |
| 63. Governor Gabriel Johnston: The Dissolution of an Assembly, 1737 |
174 |
| 64. Secretary Charles Read: Minutes of a Colonial Council, 1752 |
175 |
| 65. Governor Lewis Morris: A Determined Veto Message, 1742 |
179 |
| 66. Late Governor Thomas Pownall: How to Avoid a Governor's Veto, 1764 |
182 |
| 67. Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations: Disallowance of a Colonial Bill, 1770 |
183 |
| 68. Agent Benjamin Franklin: Disputes over the Agency, 1771 |
184 |
CHAPTER X — COLONIAL COURTS | |
| 69. "A Swiss Gentleman": How Juries were Summoned, 1710 |
188 |
| 70. Lieutenant-Governor Robert Dinwiddie: Charge to a Grand Jury, 1753 |
189 |
| 71. Clerk of the Court of Perquimans: Records of a Precinct Court, 1694 |
191 |
| 72. John Peter Zenger: A Prosecution for Criticising Government, 1734 |
192 |
| 73. Edward Southwell: An Appeal Case in the Privy Council, 1728 |
200 |
| 74. Late Governor Thomas Pownall: Defects of Colonial Judicature, 1764 |
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