John Wentworth was an American sea captain, merchant, politician, judge and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased the Wentworth house in 1926, and moved portions of the interior to the museum. The house was unusually grand in scale, and the spiral-turned balusters are the earliest known in New England.
Interior of the John Wentworth house, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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John Wentworth (lieutenant governor, born 1671)
…captain, merchant, politician, judge and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730. Early life The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased the Wentworth house in 1926, and moved portions of the interior to the museum. The house was unusually grand in scale, and the spiral-turned…
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