Land Speculation and the Dudley Council of 1686
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3449502 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Theodore B Lewis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 255 |
| Publication date | 1974-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The William and Mary Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-5597 • E-ISSN: 1933-7698 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1920912 |
| OpenAlex | W2321733880 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
O N August i8, i683, a conference was held in London between Joseph Dudley, an agent of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Edward Randolph, the royal customs collector. Since they expected that the Massachusetts charter would be revoked soon, the two men agreed on a plan for a temporary government for Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and King's Province until a royal governor was appointed.' Presumably at that time they drew up the list of twenty-one names which Randolph submitted to the Lords of Trade and Plantations on September 2, i685, as his nominees to serve as president and council for New England.2 Historians have wondered why these men, several of whom belonged to the first families of Massachusetts, were willing to serve in a royal government.3 The purpose of this note is to examine one possible explanation, namely, the Randolph nominees' involvement in large-scale land speculation.4 To this end, their speculative activities
Business · Political science · Speculation · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Finance · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2011 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |