Person/Organization: Wadsworth, Elizabeth
Item 22470
Unfinished silk pocket, Portland, ca. 1795
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1795 Location: Portland Media: Watercolor on silk
Item 8951
Letter from Elizabeth Wadsworth to her father, Peleg Wadsworth, 1800
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-01-19 Location: Portland; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
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Lock of George Washington's Hair
Correspondence between Elizabeth Wadsworth, her father Peleg Wadsworth and Martha Washington's secretary about the gift of a lock of George Washington's hair to Eliza.
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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
