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Box 2

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Contains 5 Results:

Peleg Wadsworth letters to John and George, 1795 - 1798

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: Pages 158-173
Scope and Contents

From Portland and Philadelphia, with comments on family matters and advice on school, manners, etc.

Dates: 1795 - 1798

Peleg Wadsworth letter to George, 1805 and 1903

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Pages 174-185
Scope and Contents

1805 letter with a.l.s. June 11, 1903, from L. W. Hubbard, donor, to Nathan Goold; letters concerning impeachment trial of U.S. Supreme Court Judge Samuel Chase, Jan. 21 and 29; Henry’s death at Tripoli in 1804; Feb. 8th letter mentions Aaron Burr.

Dates: 1805 and 1903

Peleg Wadsworth letters to Charles, 1797 - 1799

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Pages 186-200
Scope and Content note From the Collection:

Letters, mainly to Charles Wadsworth, a farmer in Hiram, Maine, from various members of the family concerning family matters, management of the farm, and selling and procuring of livestock and products. Some letters are from Peleg Wadsworth, U.S. representative from Massachusetts, and founder of the family country estate in Hiram. Other correspondents include John Wadsworth and Zilpah Wadsworth.

Dates: 1797 - 1799

Peleg Wadsworth will and estate, 1829 - 1830

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Pages 201-208
Scope and Content note From the Collection:

Letters, mainly to Charles Wadsworth, a farmer in Hiram, Maine, from various members of the family concerning family matters, management of the farm, and selling and procuring of livestock and products. Some letters are from Peleg Wadsworth, U.S. representative from Massachusetts, and founder of the family country estate in Hiram. Other correspondents include John Wadsworth and Zilpah Wadsworth.

Dates: 1829 - 1830

Peleg Wadsworth notebooks

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: Pages 207-215
Scope and Contents

Two fragile books, copies of his correspondence, 1795-1828, made by R. Henry Davis of Hiram, together with biographical sketch and Timothy Dwight’s account of the General’s capture and escape at Castine, 1780.

Dates: 1752 - 1921