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Homesite of Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth

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Connecticut, Hartford County, Hartford
Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth
SAR Branch Connecticut
Erected MCMXIII Here stood the home of Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth Commissary General of the American forces in the War for Independence and a trusted friend of George Washington and "Brother Jonathan Trumbull" Here in 1775 he entertained Washington on his way to Cambridge to assume command of the Continental Army In the southwest chamber Washington met the French Commander Count de Rochambeau and others in May 1781 and considered the plan of the Yorktown Campaign which in October resulted in the fall of the British power in America

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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