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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 7: civil History. (search)
eges, but differing in opinion upon the extent of them, and upon the proper measures to preserve them. The governor, Mr. Bradstreet, was at the head of the moderate party. Randolph in all his letters takes notice of it. . . . . Mr. Stoughton, Mr. Dudley, and William Brown of Salem, these fell in with the Governor. The deputy governor, Mr. Danforth, was at the head of the other party: the principal members of the court with him were Major Gookins of Cambridge, Peter Tilton of Hadley, Elisha Co from Cambridge, continued firm in their resistance to the arbitrary measures of the English government. They were at last overpowered, however, and the Colony was reduced to a state little better than slavery. On the 25th day of May, 1686, Joseph Dudley, the newly appointed President, with his Council, assumed the government of the Colony, the charter having been abrogated. A few months later, Dec. 20, 1686, he was superseded by Sir Edmund Andros, who had been appointed Governor of New Engl
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 9: civil History. (search)
Chapter 9: civil History. President Dudley assumes the government. protest of the General Court. arrival of Governor Andros. Danforth's description of the public distress. arbitrary proceet. death of Deputy Governor Danforth. Cambridge Deputies. On the 17th day of May, 1686, Joseph Dudley and his associates communicated to the General Court a copy of the King's commission authorivernment of the Colony. The Court replied, under date of May 20, 1686, addressed, These for Joseph Dudley, Esq. and the rest of the gentlemen named in his Majesties commission, as follows:— Gmine contradicentes. By order, Edward Rawson, Secretary. Mass. Col. Rec., v. 515, 516. Dudley was superseded in the government by Sir Edmund Andros, who landed at Boston Dec. 20, 1686, and hand twentieth of February, 1687. Present, His Excellency Sir Edmund Andros, Knt., &c. Joseph Dudley, Esqrs. John Winthrop, Esqrs. Wait Winthrop, Esqrs. John Usher, Esqrs. John Gree