Peleg Wadsworth letter on the Penobscot Expedition, 1779

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Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829) wrote this letter to his wife, Elizabeth Bartlett Wadsworth, on Aug. 13, 1779 near Castine on the Penobscot River about the Penobscot Expedition, an effort of American forces to remove the British, who were building a fort at Castine to protect a planned loyalist community there and to control coastal trading.

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  • Title: Peleg Wadsworth letter on the Penobscot Expedition, 1779
  • Creator: Peleg Wadsworth
  • Creation Date: 1779-08-13
  • Subject Date: 1779-08-13
  • Location: Castine, Hancock County, ME
  • Media: Ink on paper
  • Local Code: Coll. S-6098, Misc. Box 157/2d
  • Collection: Peleg Wadsworth letters
  • Object Type: Text

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