Jeremiah Dummer
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Jeremiah Dummer was an American-born politician and writer who was an important figure in the New England Colonies during the early 18th century. His most significant contributions to American history
Portrait of Dummer by Godfrey Kneller
William Dummer
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William Dummer was a politician and colonial administrator who spent the majority of his life in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Dummer served as the colony's lieutenant governor from 1716 to 1730,
Jeremiah Dummer
…Burges £1,000 to resign his commission without leaving England, and then proposed Colonel Samuel Shute as Dudley's successor, with Dummer's brother William as his lieutenant governor. Upon his removal from office, Dummer continued to help his native Massachusetts "without pay and without appointment…
Portrait of Dummer
Jonathan Belcher
Page from a 1724 letter by Captain Thomas Stoddard describing plan for Fort Dummer
A 19th century depiction of the death of Sebastian Rale in the 1724 Battle of Norridgewock