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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02505.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1796 |
| Title | Fisher Ames to Dwight Foster setting up a family visit |
| Date | 7 November 1796 |
| Author | Ames, Fisher (1758-1808) |
| Recipient | Foster, Dwight |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Both Ames and Foster were U.S. Congressmen from Massachusetts. Mentions details of taking his family to Springfield and then to New York. Says Connecticut Congressman Chauncey Goodrich and his wife might join them and that they would "make a company that, for the number, would be inferior to no tea set in Philade." Asks if he wants to join them. Says he is leaving on Thursday and will be in Springfield on Saturday. |
| Subjects | Travel Children and Family Entertaining and Hospitality American Statesmen |
| Place written | Dedham, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |