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The Lords Proprietors

Record #:
13868
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Abstract:
On 24 March 1663, Charles II granted land in the New World to eight men who had supported his efforts to regain the throne of England. The first in a series of biographical sketches describing the Lords Proprietors, Powell discusses Edward Hyde, the Earl of Clarendon and his career in England prior to coming to the New World, as well as his namesakes in North Carolina.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 46, Apr 1953, p1-2, por