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Edward Dowse

Edward Dowse

American politician (1756–1828)

For the 17th-century English politician, see Edward Dowse (MP).

Edward Dowse (October 22, 1756 – September 3, 1828) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Charlestown in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Dowse moved to Dedham in March 1798 to escape the yellow fever epidemic in Boston.[1][2] He purchased five acres of land on both sides of the Middle Post Road, today known as High Street.[1][2] He lived in an already existing house at first, and then built a home on the land in 1804.[lower-alpha 1] His brother-in-law was Samuel Nicholson, the first captain of USS Constitution.[1]

Dowse's leather fire bucket
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During his 1817 tour of the country, President James Monroe visited Dedham and stayed in Dowse's home.[2]

After the Revolution, he became a shipmaster and engaged in the East Indian and China carrying trade. Dowse was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1819, until May 26, 1820, when he resigned. He also served as a representative to the Great and General Court in 1821.[3] He died in Dedham on September 3, 1828. He is interred in the Old Village Cemetery.[4]

Notes

  1. The house he built was "the large, yellow house adjoining the Dedham Medical Associates Building" in 1976.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Worthington, Erastus (January 1898). "The Frigate Constitution and the Avery Oak". The Dedham Historical Register. IX (1): 1–5.
  2. [2]
    Hanson 1976, p. 201.
  3. [3]
    Worthington, Erastus (1827). The History of Dedham: From the Beginning of Its Settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827. Dutton and Wentworth. pp. 106–107. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  4. [4]
    Smith 1936, p. 146.

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