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Abel Lawrence Foster (September 17, 1802 – May 21, 1877 in Washington D.C.) was a United States Representative from New York State. ==Biography== A. Lawrence Foster was born on September 17, 1802 in Littleton, Massachusetts.〔Town of Littleton, (Records of Littleton, Massachusetts ), 1900, page 159〕 He studied law in Vernon, New York, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Morrisville, New York in 1827.〔James Hadden Smith, (History of Chenango and Madison Counties, New York ), Part 2, 1880, page 631〕 Foster ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1838.〔Benjamin Perley Poore, (The Political Register and Congressional Directory ), 1878, page 379〕 In 1840 he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843).〔Nathaniel Hickman, editor, (The Politician's Register ), 1840, page 20〕 During his term Foster was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury.〔Niles' National Register, (House of Representatives ), Volume 61, December 25, 1841, page 269〕 He did not run for reelection in 1842. In 1844 he moved to a farm in Fairfax, Virginia, which included the land that is now Tysons Corner.〔Dr. Donald J. Senese, (Historians Tackled History of Tysons Corner ), July 28, 2004〕〔American Agriculturist, (Letters from Virginia -- No. 5 ), Volume 61, 1848, pages 122-123〕 In the 1850s he served as a Fairfax County Commissioner.〔Virginia General Assembly, (Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, Passed in 1852 ), 1852, page 40〕 During the Civil War Foster supported the Union, and relocated temporarily to Washington, D.C. In 1862 he was appointed U.S. Indian Agent for the Chippewa of the Mississippi in Minnesota.〔Family Search.org, (Chippewa Indian Agency (Minnesota) ), retrieved November 29, 2013〕 After the Civil War he returned to Fairfax, and was appointed one of three U.S. Tax Commissioners for the northern part of the state after Virginia was readmitted to the Union.〔United States Congress, (Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States ), 1887, page 387〕 In this capacity he was responsible for the sale to the federal government of the Robert E. Lee estate, which is now Arlington National Cemetery.〔U.S. Government Printing Office, (Congressional Serial Set ), 1874, page 141〕 Foster's health began to fail in the 1870s, after which he resided in Washington, D.C. He died there on May 21, 1877 and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.〔United States Congress, (United States Congressional Serial Set ), 1894, pages 119-120〕 In the 1890s his heirs petitioned Congress to compensate them nearly $29,000 (over $712,000 in 2009) for Foster's property and supplies that were used by the Union Army or destroyed by the Confederacy. In the early 1900s the United States Court of Claims authorized partial payment to resolve the case.〔U.S. Government Printing Office, (Congressional Serial Set ), page 412〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A. Lawrence Foster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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