Dr Laprade Yorks Pitt Biography With New Evidence
Durham historian Dr W T Laprade discovers private John Robinson papers suggesting William Pitt used money to buy seats and influence in Parliament. Royal Historical Society publishes The Parliamentary Papers of John Robinson correcting the heroic portrait of Pitt once celebrated by biographers and poets.
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William Pitt the Younger
John Robinson
W. T. Laprade
Trinity College
Royal Historical Society of England
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Pitt
Laprade
Trinity
London Society
England
British
Public Record Office
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J. Holland Rose
Europe
Mrose
British Public Record Office
Rose
Hubert Hall
Hall
Royal Historical Society
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Laprad
Jority
Tennyson
Mubert Hall
R. G. Adams
Department of History
North Carolina Senate considers larger fisheries commission
Raleigh February 10 A bill to raise the state fisheries commission from four to seven members is under review by the senate committee of fish and fisheries. The measure revises 1869 Consolidated Statutes to expand Commission membership and outlines the bill's key provisions.
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Raleigh
State Fisheries Commission
DeLaney
Senate Committee of Fish and Fisheries
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Fisheries Commission Board Formation and Terms Established
The act creates an eleven member fisheries commission appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. Six members come from fishing districts with industry knowledge. Terms run two, four, and six years from April 1 1923, with provisions for removal, succession, and senate confirmation. Members receive four dollars per day plus travel expenses capped at two hundred fifty dollars annually.
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Fisheries Commission
Fisheries Commission Board
Senate
Mrs Bryant and son in Wilmington after sister’s death
Mrs. Robert M. Bryant and her son Paul Thomas travel to Wilmington following the death of Mrs. Bryant’s sister Miss Elsie Dobbins.
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Wilmington
Robert M. Bryant
Paul Thomas
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