...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....

...world. In the following 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,...

...they enjoyed certain privileges, and were formed into a corporation for fifteen years, with the title of "The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies." Under this charter the management of the company's affairs was intrusted to twenty-four members of...

...adventurers ohtained a charter from the crown, hy which they were formed into a corporation under the title of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies." The first adventure of the association was commenced in 1601. In 1652, through the influence of a medical...

...they enjoyed certain privileges, and were formed into a corporation for fifteen years, with the title of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading to the East Indies.* Under tills charter, the management nf the company's affairs was entrusted to twenty-four members of...

...they enjoyed certain privileges, and were formed into a corporation for fifteen years, with the title of ' The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.' The first adventure of the association was commenced in 1001 ; and this, as well as seven or eight...

...into a corporation for fifteen 671 EAST INDIA COMPANY. EAST INDIA COMPANY. 672 years, with the title of ' The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies." The first adventure of the association was commenced in 1601 ; and this, as well as seven or eight...

...they enjoyed certain privileges, and were formed into a corporation for fifteen years, with the title of "The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies." Under this charter the management of the company's afl'airs was intrusted to twenty-four members of...

...at the end of the following year was granted, and they were accordingly incorporated under the title of "the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies." They were THE FIRST ENGLISH COMPANY. 375 permitted to use a common seal, and obtained the exclusive...

...rang out the year 1600 rang in the first East India Company. It was incorporated, by a charter from Queen Elizabeth, under the name of " the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies." It was a very small beginning. A few English traders — ironmongers,...