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15 de jun. de 2008 · The official letters of Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant-governor of the colony of Virginia, 1710-1722, now first printed from the manuscript in the collections of the Virginia historical society by Virginia. Lieutenant-Governor (1710-1722 : Spotswood); Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740; Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914
18 de may. de 2018 · Alexander Spotswood (1676-1740), a British soldier, became lieutenant governor of the Virginia colony in America. Alexander Spotswood was born in Tangier, Morocco, where his father was an army physician at an English military base. The family had been prominent in Scottish public life and strongly committed to the Stuarts during the Puritan ...
Colonel Alexander Spotswood, who arrived in Virginia in June, 1710, as the Deputy or Lieutenant of George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony,a was descended from... Contributor: Virginia. Lieutenant-Governor ( : Spotswood) - Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo) - Spotswood, Alexander
17 de nov. de 2021 · Family Man. Alexander Spotswood joined the Continental Army early in the Revolutionary War, making his way up to Colonel. Concerned about what might happen to Elizabeth if he were to be killed, Alexander made a pack with his brother, John. If one of the men were to die, the other would resign from the army and take care of both families.
8 de ene. de 2013 · Alexander Spotswood's imperial program was impeded by a contest between the English crown and the colonial elite that dated back to 1676. In that year, the year of Alexander Spotswood's birth in the garrison of Tangier, Nathaniel Bacon's revolution had overwhelmed the baronial regime of Sir William Berkeley in Virginia.
Alexander Spotswood served from 1710 to 1722 as lieutenant governor of Virginia, in the place of the royal governor who never came to the colony. During his tenure Spotswood sought to improve the colony's security and economy and relations with Virginia Indians. He pressed the General Assembly to pass several important acts, including the ...
Alexander Spotswood Papers. (1646–1830) MS 1948.2. Microfilm: M-1555. Transcript: TR/79. 45 items. Personal correspondence of Alexander Spotswood (1676–1740), lieutenant in the British Army, and later lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1710–1722. The bulk of the correspondence is between Spotswood and his cousin, John Spotswood (1666–1728 ...
