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Description: The Ames tavern in Dedham, Massachusetts, was owned by w:Nathaniel Ames from 1735 until his death, and thereafter by his widow. It was demolished in 1817. This image, based on the memory of Dedham's oldest inhabitant in 1891, was drawn by Annie Richards Fisher Thayer.
Title: Ames tavern
Credit: (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, Cleveland, p. 8 Retrieved on 23 December 2019. "THE OLD TAVERN. 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 of Dedham 1891. The large elm tree was planted by Fisher Ames about 1800."
Author: Annie Richards Fisher Thayer
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License: Public domain
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