Peleg Wadsworth (May 6, 1748 – November 12, 1829) was an American Patriot officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts...
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childhood home of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). American Revolutionary War General Peleg Wadsworth built the house between 1785 and...
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now known as the Wadsworth-Longfellow House on Congress Street. His father was a lawyer, and his maternal grandfather was Peleg Wadsworth, a general in the...
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SS Samtampa (redirect from SS Peleg Wadsworth)
operated by the Houlder Line. The Samtampa had been launched as the SS Peleg Wadsworth, a liberty ship built by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation at...
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(mayor) (1819–1891), New York State Senate Peleg Wadsworth (1748–1829), Massachusetts State Senate William H. Wadsworth (1821–1893), Kentucky State Senate This...
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James S. Wadsworth (1807–1864), Union Army brevet major general Peleg Wadsworth (1748–1829), Continental Army brigadier general William Wadsworth (officer)...
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fire from the Tyrannicide, Hunter, and Sky Rocket, Brigadier General Peleg Wadsworth led an assault force of 400 (200 marines and 200 militia) ashore before...
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Hampshire Peleg Tallman, Representative from Massachusetts Peleg Wadsworth, officer during the Revolutionary War, and a Congressman Israel David Peleg, historian...
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1850. Commodore Wadsworth died at Washington, D.C., on 5 April 1851. He was the son of Peleg Wadsworth, the uncle of author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and...
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Sedgwick (PA) William Lyman (AA) Artemas Ward (PA) Peleg Coffin Jr. (PA) Shearjashub Bourne (PA) Peleg Wadsworth (PA) Henry Dearborn (AA) George Thatcher (PA)...
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politician Peleg Wadsworth (1748–1829), U.S. Army officer in the American Revolution; grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Philip Wadsworth (1832–1901)...
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of about 1,200 men, under General Solomon Lovell, seconded by Gen. Peleg Wadsworth. Col. Paul Revere was given charge of the ordnance. Although badly...
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Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow (1845–1921) was an American artist in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York. He was the son of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Ernest...
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Wadsworth Hall, also known as the Peleg Wadsworth House, is a historic house at the end of Douglas Road in Hiram, Maine, United States. A massive structure...
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General Peleg Wadsworth. In revenge for this, a party of 25 Loyalists went to Wadsworth's quarters at Camden and took him prisoner, injuring Wadsworth. Months...
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on February 27, 1807, then as the town of Hiram on June 14, 1814. Peleg Wadsworth bought a tract of land here in 1790, and in 1792 or 1794 began clearing...
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Paul Revere's Ride (category Poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
connection to the historical Paul Revere. His maternal grandfather, Peleg Wadsworth, was Revere's commander on the Penobscot Expedition. When the poem...
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army officer with the Easy Company, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment Peleg Wadsworth, Revolutionary War general Joseph Adams, state legislator Justin Alfond...
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Peleg Nott (fl. late 18th century) was an African American leader who in 1780 became the Black Governor of Connecticut, an elected office that nominally...
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stores, and their transports destroyed. At one point Brigadier General Peleg Wadsworth ordered Revere to send his barge in an attempt to recover a ship drifting...
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Counties. Redistricted to the 12th district. 1793–1795 District of Maine Peleg Wadsworth (Portland) Pro-Administration Elected in 1793 on the third ballot as...
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Massachusetts In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1797 Serving with Peleg Wadsworth and George Thatcher (1793–95) Preceded by Theodore Sedgwick Succeeded...
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and Continental Navy captain Dudley Saltonstall, seconded by General Peleg Wadsworth. Colonel Paul Revere was given charge of the ordnance. The military...
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farmer and political figure Marshall Strickland, basketball player Peleg Wadsworth, military officer Frederic C. Adams Public Library, built in 1898 Bradford...
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▌John Bowman 35.9% Massachusetts 13 District of Maine "2nd Eastern" Peleg Wadsworth Redistricted from the 4th district Pro-Administration 1792 Incumbent...
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Maine John Ruggles, U.S. Senator Henry K. Thatcher, Civil War admiral Peleg Wadsworth, Revolutionary War-era general Oliver Patterson Watts, educator "US...
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soldiers from the Rangers were involved in the capture of Patriot leader Peleg Wadsworth. The Rangers were disbanded in 1783, having seen little to no action...
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▌Peleg Wadsworth (Pro-Administration) 38.6% ▌Robert Southgate (Unknown) 11.7% ▌Josiah Thacker (Unknown) 9.8% Second ballot (January 14, 1793) ▌Peleg Wadsworth...
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King George III in New York City, 1776 Samuel McClellan Joseph Palmer Peleg Wadsworth John Fellows Timothy Danielson Lead the Hampshire County Militia, was...
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1859. Both Alexander Scammell Wadsworth and Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn were named by his friends Peleg Wadsworth and Henry Dearborn in memory of...
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