Longfellow: Early Years


Peleg Wadsworth's Pistol, ca. 1770

Peleg Wadsworth's Pistol, ca. 1770
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Maine Historical Society

Wadsworth became commander of all the American troops in the District of Maine in 1780.

The British captured him at his home in Thomaston in 1781. He later escaped from the prison at Bagaduce (Castine).

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