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View of Thomas Dudley inscription on wall behind Class of 1880 Gate
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Object NumberP.CHG.0396

TitleView of Thomas Dudley inscription on wall behind Class of 1880 Gate
DescriptionThe sign is made of stone and measures 42.5 in. x 120 in.
Date06/17/2015
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Previous NumberM.0208
Collection Photographs
InscriptionsIn memory of Thomas Dudley Governor of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay. Baptized October 1576 Yardley Hastings England. Married at Hastingstone England Dorothy Yorke Apr 25, 1603 and at Roxbury, Massachusetts Catherine Hagburne Widow April 14, 1644--Died at Roxbury July 31, 1653. In 1597 he received a captains comission from Queen Elizabeth and was at the siege of Amiens under Henry IV of France. One of the twelve signers of the Cambridge agreement Aug 26, 1629. Sailed from South Hampton England in the "Arbella" March 22, 1630. Chosen Deputy Governor of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay by a court of assistants on board the "Arbella" March 23, 1630. Arrived in Salem, Massachusetts June 12, 1630. A founder and the first householder of Cambridge 1631. Deputy Governor of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay 1630-34, 1637-40, 1646-50, 1651-53. Governor of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay 1634-35, 1640-41, 1645-46, 1650-51. Assistant of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay. Chosen by the general court held at Newtown one of the twelve men to tkae order for a college at "Newtowne." Commissioner of the United Colonies 1647-48, 1649-50. Appointed Sergeant Major General the military forces of the colony May 29, 1644. Signed the charter May 31, 1650 of Harvard College. Buried in the old cemeery at the corner of Eustis and Washington Streets.
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