...charter. Their request was granted, and in December, 1600, the merchant adventurers were incorporated under the title of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading to the East Indies."• In this charter, the first governor, Thomas Smythe, and twentyfour directors, were nominated by the...

...TERRITORY. CALCUTTA. year they obtained a charter from queen Elizabeth, incorporating them by the name of the governor, and company of merchants of London, trading to the East Indies, and granting them the exclusive right of trading to all countries eastward of the cape of Good Hope,...

...upon trading associations. It constituted the adventurers a body politic and corporate, by the name of ' the governor and company of merchants of London, trading to the East Indies,' and vested them with the usual privileges and powers. According to the principle of the times, the...

...Company, their first Charter having been granted by Queen Elizabeth on the 31st of December, 1 600, under the title of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading to the East Indies." It would be somewhat difficult to decide what reasons should have induced the selection of the site...

...certain merchants of the city of London to trade to the East Indies, with certain exclusive privileges, under the title of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading to the East Indies," which has continued ever since. The enormous wealth brought into England by this carrak was deemed...

...certain merchants of the city of London to trade to the East Indies, with certain exclusive privileges, under the title of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading to the East Indies," which has continued ever since. The enormous wealth brought into England by this carrak was deemed...

...the charter of privileges was granted, constituting the adventurers a body politic and corporate, by the title of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading to the East Indies." It was limited to a period of fifteen years ; but if not found advantageous to the country, it might...

...advancement of lawful traffic," constituted the petitioners a body corporate and politic, by the name of The Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading to the East Indies, and vested them with the usual privileges and powers. The management of their concerns was placed under...

...was given to Captain Lancaster. The charter now granted constituted the adventurers a body politic, under the title of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London .trading to the East Indies." Their plan of management was by a chairman, and a committee of twenty-four, to be annually chosen....

...upon trading associations. It constituted the adventurers a body politic and corporate, by the name of ' the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies,' and vested them with the usual privileges and powers. According to the principle of the times, the...