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Dudley, Joseph (1647-1720) [Petition to Queen Anne and account for planned expedition to Canada]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.612.01 Author/Creator: Dudley, Joseph (1647-1720) Place Written: Rehoboth, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 14 October 1709 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.7 x 39.8 cm. Order a Copy

A petition to Quen Anne for an expedition to Canada signed by Joseph Dudley, G. Saltonstall, Samuel Cranston, Samuel Vetch, Micholson.

Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720
Cranston, Samuel, fl. 1709
Saltsonstall, G., fl. 1709
Vetch, Samuel, fl. 1709

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