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on March 13, 1775, but it was not a happy marriage. In his diary, he wrote that some of the best advice he ever got was "Of all the foolish things you do, let marriage be the last". According to his diary entry, he had also "discovered worse malignancy in my bosom friend that I conceived it possible
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Ames was the administrator of his father's estate. However, 23 years after his death, Ames still had not made a settlement among the heirs. Fisher increased his protests until Ames finally settled their father's affairs, though he never forgave his family for rushing him. As with just about
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For most of his life, Ames kept a diary. Beginning while at
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Ames became known around Dedham as "Grumbleton the
Jacobinite." The list of people and groups he disliked was long, and his prejudices were extreme. He would also frequently create caricature names for them, such as "Prigarchy" for
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sent an employee to speak to Fisher's widow about hosting the funeral in his home. The widow agreed. Nathaniel believed Cabot's intentions were to embarrass the Town of Dedham for its
Republican political views and did not attend.
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in 1790, but he refused the office. The following year he was elected again and accepted "upon acceptance to dispense with my attendance... I consider myself as a nominal
Representative only to save the Town from being fined".
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everything he did in life, Fisher's death on July 4, 1808, was an annoyance to his brother
Nathaniel. Nathaniel had arranged for a funeral in Dedham and had sent details to a printer to be published.
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in Dedham. He was most at home around the farmers and laborers with whom he grew up. Fisher, on the other hand, liked to dress well, hobnob with the
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was selected to be register of probate over him, and claimed it was only through the "solicitation, lying, and intrigue" of Haven's father, Rev.
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to dwell in human shape." His wife forbid him from frequenting taverns, depriving him of both social and business contacts.
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Jacobin and Junto: Or, Early
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