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Prisoners of War

John Campbell letter on Peleg Wadsworth's escape, 1781

John Campbell letter on Peleg Wadsworth's escape, 1781

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Maine Historical Society

The confinement was not pleasant enough, to keep Wadsworth there.

He and fellow prisoner Major Benjamin Burton escaped from the prison in June 1781 after cutting a hole in the ceiling and crawling out.

After the war, Wadsworth and his family relocated from Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Portland, where he became a surveyor and opened a shop.