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Dudley, Joseph, 1647-
Colonial governor; born in Roxbury, Mass., July 23, 1647; graduated at Harvard in 1665; prepared for the ministry, but, preferring politics, became a representative in the general court and a magistrate.
From 1677 to 1681 he was one of the commissioners for the united colonies of New England.
He was in the battle with the Narragansets in 1675, and was one of the commissioners who dictated the terms of a treaty with that tribe.
In September, 1685, King James commissioned him president of New England, and in 1687 he was made chief-justice of the Supreme Court.
Dudley was sent to England with Andros in 1689, and the next year was made chief-justice of New York.
He went to England in 1693, and was deputy governor of the Isle of Wight.
He entered Parliament in 1701, and from 1702 to 1715 he was captain-general and governor of Massachusetts.
Then he retired to his quiet home at Roxbury, where he died, April 2, 1720.
The disputes between the royal govern
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