Joshua Fisher, father and son, 1658-1730; Nathaniel Ames 1735-1766; Richard Woodward during the Revolution, and "The Sign of the Law Book" 1794. Taken down 1817. Drawn from the memory of the oldest inhabitant The large elm tree was planted by Fisher Ames about 1800. of Dedham 1891. THE ESSAYS, HUMOR, AND POEMS OF Nathaniel Ames, Father and Son, of Dedham, MASSACHUSETTS, from their ALMANACKS 1726-1775, WITH NOTES AND COMMENTS BY SAM. BRIGGS, Vice President Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Historical Society, Corresponding (Mass.) Historical Society. No one who would penetrate to the core of early American literature, and would CLEVELAND, OHIO, 1891. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA |