Word: governor
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David B. Hill, before his election as Lieutenant-Governor in 1882, was one of the counsel that brought the suit against the college...
...George Bushnell of New Haven has been elected to fill the vacant place in the corporation of Yale. The corporation at present consists of twenty members, ten of whom must be Connecticut clergymen. Of the others six are elected by graduates of five years' standing, two are always the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this State, and the remaining two the President and Secretary of the university. Dr. Bushnell takes the place of the late Rev. G. J. Tillotson...
...American History are certainly to be congratulated on the excellence of the November number. The sequel of the "City of a Prince," which was begun in the Octorber number, is even more interesting than the first chapter. The contrast between this story and the next "Boston in 1741 and Governor Shirley" is exceedingly marked. "The Treaty of Ghent" by Hon. Thomas Wilson, is full of fresh information, and contain the picture of the house where the famous treaty was made. "A New France in New England" is a tale which will provoke discussion; it is well worth reading. The diary...
...Commonwealth avenue, the right resting on Dartmouth street. The procession is expected to start at 8.30, the signal being given by the firing of three guns on the common. The column will move from Boylston and Dartmouth streets, passing by the Brunswick, where the line will be reviewed by Governor Ames; thence through Berkeley street, Columbus avenue, Worcester to Washington streets to Adams square, at the foot of Cornhill where the chief marshal will review the procession and dismiss...
Thursday, November 29, has been designated by Governor Ames as Thanksgiving...