Commonwealth in what became the town of Hiram, settled his son Charles there in 1795, and also in 1795 began building Wadsworth Hall for his retirement. In 1792 Wadsworth was chosen a presidential elector and a member of the Massachusetts Senate, and from 1793-1807 was the first representative in Congress from the region of Massachusetts that later became Maine. In January 1807 he moved to Hiram where he incorporated the township (February 27, 1807) and served as selectman, treasurer and magistrate. For the remainder of his life he devoted himself to farming and local concerns. He died in Hiram on November 12, 1829, and is buried in the family cemetery at Wadsworth Hall. Legacy Wadsworth's Portland house was declared a National Historic Landmark for its association with him and with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The house at Portland was gifted to the Maine Historical Society by his granddaughter Anne Longfellow Pierce upon her death in 1901. She was the last family member to live in the home. Wadsworth Hall, Peleg Wadsworth's home in Hiram, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. References Further reading A historical novel depicting the Penobscot Expedition, with a non-fiction "Historical Note" (pp. 451–468) on sources and key details. Maine Historical Society. "The Wadsworths: Peleg and Elizabeth." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [online resource], Maine Historical Society, Accessed June 6, 2019. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution 1748 births 1829 deaths Adjutants General of Massachusetts American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by Great Britain Continental Army officers from Massachusetts Harvard College alumni Militia generals in the American Revolution Massachusetts state senators Members of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Maine Massachusetts militiamen in the American Revolution People from Duxbury, Massachusetts People from Kingston, Massachusetts Politicians from Portland, Maine People from Hiram, Maine People from Thomaston, Maine Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts People of colonial Massachusetts