Wadsworth, Peleg

Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829) was a Representative to Congress from Massachusetts. Born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, he attended public and private schools, and was graduated from Harvard College in 1769. After a brief period in business in Kingston, Massachusetts, Wadsworth served in the Revolutionary Army as an aide to General Artemas Ward in 1776; as an engineer…

Hawthorne, Works

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s works . . . Fanshawe, 1828 My Kinsman, Major Molineux; Roger Malvin’s Burial, 1832 (stories) Young Goodman Brown, 1835 Twice Told Tales, 1837(expanded 1842) Grandfather’s Chair, 1841 Famous Old People, 1841 Liberty Tree, 1841 Biographical Stories For Children, 1842 Mosses from an Old Manse, 2 vol., 1846 The Scarlet Letter, 1850 The House…