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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsPeleg WADSWORTH
(1748-1829)
WADSWORTH, Peleg, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Duxbury, Mass., May 6,
1748; attended public and private schools, and was graduated from
Harvard College in 1769; engaged in mercantile pursuits in
Kingston, Mass.; served in the Revolutionary Army as an aide to
Gen. Artemas Ward in 1776; engineer under General Thomas in 1776
and 1777; brigadier general of militia in 1777; adjutant general of
Massachusetts in 1778; moved to Portland, Maine (then a district of
Massachusetts), in 1784 and became a land agent; served in the
Massachusetts senate in 1792; elected to the Third Congress and
reelected as a Federalist to the six succeeding Congresses (March
4, 1793-March 3, 1807); moved to Oxford County, Maine, in 1807 to
survey and improve a large tract of land granted to him by the
Government; died in Hiram, Oxford County, Maine, November 12, 1829;
interment in the family cemetery at Wadsworth Hall.
Bibliography
Wadsworth, Peleg. Letters of General Peleg Wadsworth to His Son
John, Student at Harvard College, 1796-1798. Biographical
Chapter and Notes by George and Margaret Rose. Portland, Maine:
Maine Historical Society, 1961.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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