Jeremiah Wadsworth
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Jeremiah Wadsworth was an American sea captain, merchant, and statesman from Hartford, Connecticut who profited from his position as a government official charged with supplying the Continental Army.
Portrait of Wadsworth and his son Daniel by John Trumbull, c. 1784
Tablet dedicated to George Washington and honoring Jeremiah Wadsworth
Pierpont Edwards
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Pierpont Edwards was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Jeremiah Wadsworth
…three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Wadsworth initially lost reelection in 1790 but was specially reelected when his initial successor Pierpont Edwards declined to take his seat. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1795 and of the state Executive Council from 1795 to 1801…
Portrait by William Jennys, c. 1795
Frances Ogden Edwards