Randolph had been appointed secretary of the Dominion of New England , an entity formed out of a union of England 's colonies in the American northeast .
He first sailed from Britain in the Rose on 20 January 1686 , transporting Edmund Randolph .
Edmund Randolph had been appointed secretary of the Dominion of New England , an entity formed out of a union of England 's colonies in the American northeast .
He first sailed from Britain in the Rose on 20 January 1686 , transporting Edmund Randolph .