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Letters from Peleg Wadsworth written while he was imprisoned at Fort George, Bagaduce (Castine, Maine), to his wife Betsey (Elizabeth Bartlett) Wadsworth in Thomaston or Falmouth, Maine. Letters concern Wadsworth's imprisonment, plans for his wife's visit to him at Fort George, and concerns for her safety.
Autograph of Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, Portland, Me., 25 June 1797, together with an undated autograph of Henry Wadsworth, his son; (probably on one sheet).
Manuscript biographical sketch illustrated with postcards of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, Me., as well as exterior and interior views of Wadsworth's estate in Hiram, Me. Also includes a letter from Wadsworth (Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 1797) to his son George (a copy?).
Chiefly letters from Peleg Wadsworth to his son George Wadsworth written over a period of ten years, 1797-1807. Also includes oversized maps and mss.: map of the city and harbor of Portland (1870); U.S. Coast Guard survey chart of Portland harbor; ms. map (ca. 1800) of the western Mediterranean; general return of the Massachusetts Bay militia and supplement (1799), Peleg Wadsworth; ms. geographical schoolwork including a compass rose (cardinal points); and ms. drawing of the solar system.