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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: January 9, 1708 Pagination: 1 p. : free frank Height: 16 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

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

Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720
Kembal, Robert, fl. 1708

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