13. JOSEPH DUDLEY (1647-1720) Colonial Governor, appointed president of New England by James II, a member of Andros' council and detested by the colonists for his role in that administration, Governor of Massachusetts (1702-15). A.L.S., 1p. sm. 4to., [n.p.], Aug. 27, 1703, in part: "...The wind and weather is now tolerable I pray that the vessels be hastened to Salem...Write to Hawthorn to govern and keep his men together. The vessels are leaving..." Very good. $400-500