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Peleg Wadsworth was born in Duxbury, Massachussets, the son of Deacon Peleg Wadsworth and his wife, Lusanna Sampson. He was descended from an Englishman, Christopher Wadsworth, who settled in Duxbury in 1632.
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Ninety-six years ago this story was written in the city of Philadelphia for some little boys in Portland, Maine. The story is awtobiographicaL Through its tjnconscioos revelation we learn how Peleg Wadsworth, its writer, grew up to be a man of heart and courage and charming personality. In the story, we know him more particularly as the Little Good Boys, devoted and admonishing Papa. In his private history, we know him as a graduate of Harvard College, a soldier of the Revolution, a member of Congress, and an honored and beloved citizen of Portland, where he built a house, spoken of at the present time as the Wadsworth-L ongfellow House, whose rooms, the favorite shrine to-day of pilgrims passing through the town, are filled with treasures of a bygone age, and overflow with dear memories and old associations. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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(Introduction By Walter G. Davis.)
Introduction By Walter G. Davis.
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Peleg Wadsworth was born in Duxbury, Massachussets, the son of Deacon Peleg Wadsworth and his wife, Lusanna Sampson. He was descended from an Englishman, Christopher Wadsworth, who settled in Duxbury in 1632.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1769.
He kept a private school in Plymouth and prepared pupils for college and for the army. In 1774 he was elected captain of a company of minutemen and member of the committee of correspondence for Plymouth County. When the news of the battle of Lexington arrived, he marched, April 20, 1775, to Marshfield to stand off a British regiment, but before any fighting occurred the red-coats retired. Shortly afterwards he accompanied Col. Theophilus Cotton's regiment to Roxbury, and as engineer under the orders of John Thomas laid out the American lines at that place and at Dorchester Heights. He also investigated the problem of erecting defenses at Cape Cod. On Feburary 13, 1776, he was appointed aide-de-camp to Artemas Ward and served in that capacity until April 23, 1776, when Ward was forced to resign because of failing health. The same year he saw service under Washington in New York and on Long Island, and in 1778 under Sullivan in Rhode Island. On August 25, 1778, he was appointed adjutant-general, and on July 7, 1779, brigadier-general of the Massachusetts militia. Amid these activities he found time to serve on the board of war of Massachusetts and, for a term (May 28, 1777 - May 1, 1778), as representative from Duxbury in the legislature. In 1779 he was second in command of an expedition dispatched by the authorities of Massachusetts under Solomon Lovell and Dudley Saltonstall to expel the British from Fort George. The attempt failed and the Americans retreated after sustaining serious losses in men and materiel. A committee of inquiry appointed by the legislature of Massachusetts honorably acquitted Wadsworth of responsibility for the disaster. In March 1780 he was placed in command of the eastern department with headquarters at Thomaston, Me. On the night of Feburary 18, 1781, a party of British raided his dwelling and carried him off to Fort George where he remained captive until June 18, when he managed to effect his escape with a companion by cutting a hole in the roof of his prison by means of a gimlet obtained from a barber at the fort. After the war he removed to Falmouth (Portland), Me. , where for several years he was engaged in trade and politics. He served as selectman, as representative in Congress from 1793 to 1807, and as chairman of a committee to consider the separation of the district of Maine from Massachusetts. In 1806 he removed to Oxford County where he had purchased 7800 acres of land and where he procured the incorporation of the town of Hiram. Here he spent the remainder of his days, living like a patriarch in a commodious frame house, "Wadsworth Hall, " which served as church, court, school, and drilling place for the community. Lumbering, farming, and civic affairs engaged his attention. He lies buried in the family graveyard on his estate.
Wadsworth's Portland house was declared a National Historic Landmark for its association with him and with his grandson. Owing to his aptitude and enthusiasm for almost any conceivable topic, those who display similar bouts of enthusiasm are said to be "peleging". This has given rise to the phrase, "Peleg Wadsworth likes this. "
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On June 18, 1772, he was married to Elizabeth Bartlett, of Plymouth, by whom he had eleven children.
