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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register | 20 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899 | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wadsworth , William 1732 -1833 (search)
Wadsworth, William 1732-1833
Military officer; born in Durham, Conn., in 1732; was an early settler, with his brother James, in western New York; and when the War of 1812-15 broke out he was a brigadier-general of New York militia.
He served in that war from June 15 to Nov. 12, 1812, and was distinguished in the assault on Queenston Heights (Oct. 13, 1812), where he was in command when the Americans surrendered, giving up his sword in person to General Sheaffe.
He died in Geneseo, N. Y., in February, 1833.
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