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as a representative from Dedham. Being elected to the post showed the great esteem in which the people of Dedham held Fisher as it was the one body the townsmen recognized as superior to their own
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in 1680 and served in the role for three years. After serving in the House of
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but reserved the right to cut the trees on it. With his sister, Lydia, he helped to hide the
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This article is about the colonial
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Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial period)
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