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Dudley, Joseph (1647-1720) to Colonel Saltonstall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00851 Author/Creator: Dudley, Joseph (1647-1720) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 09 January 1708 Pagination: 1 p. + ff 16 x 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed also by Robert Kembal, who notes it was received on 10 January 1708. Writes to Saltonstall to say that "Hutchins offers too peculiar a bargain" and to take none of his terms. Is sure that Saltonstall knows his duty and will jail deserters. Dudley was President of the Dominion of New England in 1686 and again 1702-1715.

Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720

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