See also:

• FISHER
• FISHER, ALVAN (1792–1863)
• FISHER, GEORGE PARK (1827-1909)
• FISHER, JOHN (c. 1469-1535)
• FISHER, JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER, 1ST BARON

FISHER See also:

• AMES
• FISHER AMES (1758–1808)
• AMES, JOSEPH (1689–1759)
• AMES, OAKES (1804–1873)
• AMES, WILLIAM (1576–1633)

AMES (1758–1808)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American statesman, orator and See also:

• POLITICAL

political writer, son of Nathaniel See also:

• AMES
• AMES, FISHER (1758–1808)
• AMES, JOSEPH (1689–1759)
• AMES, OAKES (1804–1873)
• AMES, WILLIAM (1576–1633)

Ames, a physician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DEDHAM

Dedham, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 9th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1758 . He graduated at Harvard See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1774, and began the practice of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at Dedham in 1781, but eventually abandoned that profession for the more congenial pursuit of politics . He was a prominent member of the Massachusetts See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which (See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1788) ratified for that See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state the Federal Constitution, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year, having entered the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in the state legislature, he distinguished himself greatly by his eloquence and readiness in debate . During the eight years of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington's See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration (1789–1797) he was a prominent Federalist member of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national House of Representatives . On the 28th of April 1796, when the Republicans, hostile to the See also:

• JAY (Fr. geai)
• JAY, JOHN (1745-1829)
• JAY, WILLIAM (1769-1853)

jay Treaty, were on the point of holding up the See also:

• APPROPRIATION (from Lat. appropriare, to set aside)

appropriation necessary for its See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution, Ames, who had just arisen from a sick-See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed, made what has been considered the greatest speech of his See also:

• LIFE

life; before the delivery of his speech his opponents had claimed a See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of six, but the appropriation was finally passed, in the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the whole, by the casting See also:

• VOTE

vote of the chairman . When Washington retired from the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency, See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress voted him an address and See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose Ames to deliver it . In 1797 he returned to Dedham to resume the practice of the law, which the state of his See also:

• HEALTH

health after a few years obliged him to relinquish . He published numerous essays, chiefly in relation to the contest between See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and revolutionary See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, as it might affect the See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty and prosperity of See also:

• AMERICA

America . Ames was one of the See also:

• GROUP

group of New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England ultra-Federalists known as the " See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex Junto," who opposed the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French policy of See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams in 1798, and were conspicuous for their See also:

• BRITISH

British sympathies . Four years before his See also:

• DEATH

death he was chosen president of Harvard College, an See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour which his broken state of health obliged him to decline . He died on the 4th of See also:

• JULY

July 18o8 . His writings and speeches, which abound in sparkling passages, displaying great fertility of See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination, were collected and published, with a memoir of the author, in 1809, by the Rev .

Dr J . T . Kirkland, in one large See also:

• OCTAVO

octavo See also:

• VOLUME

volume . A more See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition in two volumes was published by his son, See also:

• SETH
• SETH (Egyptian Set, Sth~~~{{{or Sts)
• SETH (I* according to Dillmann, " setting " or " slip "; Septuagint, Philo and New Testament, fie, but r Chron. i. 1 Ells in A ; Josephus, EfjOor, Vulg. Seth)

Seth Ames, at See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., in 1854 .