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Ames (FISHER an American orator)

FISHER, an American orator and statesman, born in Dedham, Mass., April 9, 1758. Admitted to the bar in 1781, he became a member of Congress in 1789, where he gained a national repon Washington before the Massachuutation by his oratory. Two of his finest efforts were in support of John Jay's treaty with Great Britain and a eulogy AMES AMES setts Legislature. He was elected presi- and Institutional History during the dent of Harvard College in 1804, but Colonial and Revolutionary Periods" 2 M AMERONGEN CASTLE declined. His work consists of or orations, essays, and letters (2 vols., 1854). He died in Dedham, July 4, 1808.