Ebenezer Fisher represented

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in the

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. The Fisher School, now in

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, was named in his honor. He served as selectman in 1785. He voted against the

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as a member of the legislature in 1802. Fisher Ames was a driver for the road, and his brother

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believed his no vote made him a "traitor" motivated by "an ancient prejudice against the Old Parish," i.e. modern day Dedham.

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