Edward Dowse (October 22, 1756 – September 3, 1828) was a

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from

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. Born in Charlestown in the

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, Dowse moved to Dedham in March 1798 to escape the yellow fever epidemic in Boston. He purchased five acres of land on both sides of the Middle Post Road, today known as High Street. He lived in an already existing house at first, and then built a home on the land in 1804. His brother-in-law was Samuel Nicholson, the first captain of . During his 1817 tour of the country, President

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visited Dedham and stayed in Dowse's home. After the

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, he became a shipmaster and engaged in the East Indian and China carrying trade. Dowse was elected as a

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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. He died in Dedham on September 3, 1828. He is interred in the Old Village Cemetery.

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