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  2. Colonial charters in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia and Massachusetts charters were given to business corporations. Regular meetings of company officers and stockholders were the only governmental institutions required. The Virginia charter, issued in 1606, and revised in 1609 and 1612, was revoked upon bankruptcy of the sponsoring and organizing Virginia Company of London in 1624.

  3. List of North American fraternal orders - Wikipedia

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    Had 3,123 members in 66 lodges in 1904. [309] Order of Amitie – Philadelphia-based order dissolved in 1894. [310] Order of the Benevolent Union – One of a number of short-term endowment benefit fraternals that were popular in the 1880s and 1890s and then went bankrupt. [311][312] Order of Chosen Friends.

  4. First Virginia Charter - Wikipedia

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    First Virginia Charter. The First Charter of Virginia, also known as the Charter of 1606, is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company assigning land rights to colonists for the creation of a settlement which could be used as a base to export commodities to Great Britain and create a buffer preventing total Spanish control ...

  5. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - Wikipedia

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    www.elks.org. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded in 1868, originally as a social club in New York City. The communal tomb of Elks Lodge No. 30 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The fraternity currently focuses on Community, Friendship and Charity.

  6. Virginia Company - Wikipedia

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    England. Area served. Virginia and Summer Islands. Products. Cash crops, timber, tobacco. Divisions. London Company. Plymouth Company. The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America.

  7. Fraternal Order of Eagles - Wikipedia

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    Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) is a fraternal organization that was founded on February 6, 1898, in Seattle, Washington, by a group of six theater-owners including John Cort (the first president), brothers John W. and Tim J. Considine, Harry (H.L.) Leavitt (who later joined the Loyal Order of Moose), Mose Goldsmith and Arthur Williams. [1]

  8. Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Colony of Virginia was a British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned.

  9. Chartered company - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A chartered company is an association with investors or shareholders that is incorporated and granted rights (often exclusive rights) by royal charter (or similar instrument of government) for the purpose of trade, exploration, or colonization, or a combination of these. [1]