Ames, Fisher, 1758-1808 to Dwight Foster
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02505.02 Author/Creator: Ames, Fisher, 1758-1808 Place Written: Dedham, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 November 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Both Ames and Foster were U.S. Congressmen from Massachusetts. Mentions details of taking his family to Springfield and then to New York. Says Connecticut Congressman Chauncey Goodrich and his wife might join them and that they would "make a company that, for the number, would be inferior to no tea set in Philade." Asks if he wants to join them. Says he is leaving on Thursday and will be in Springfield on Saturday.
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