In 1726, a grand residence was constructed on the grounds of Harvard University. Named after Benjamin Wadsworth, the president of Harvard at the time, the house, with its yellow colonial walls, stood proudly at 1341 Massachusetts Avenue, just inside the Class of 1857 gate, as a symbol of academic leadership and … Continue reading →
The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut, founded by Daniel Wadsworth in 1842. It is the oldest public art museum in the United States and has a collection of over 50,000 works of art, ranging from ancient to contemporary. The museum is known for its holdings of European … Continue reading →
Hiram W. Wadsworth (1862-1939) is known as the father of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. As the mayor of Pasadena, he called for a regional partnership of municipalities to bring water to Southern California. After initiating the Colorado River Aqueduct Association and being elected its president, he directed the campaign … Continue reading →
Guest Post by William Wadsworth and Dean Somers. Mr. Wadsworth is a state representative in Connecticut and a relation of Henry Wadsworth who was killed on board the USS Intrepid in 1804. Mr. Somers is a resident of Somers Point, New Jersey and a relation of Richard Somers, also killed on the Intrepid. In … Continue reading →
Dan Wadsworth was the fifth generation family proprietor of Wadsworth’s Inn, an old stagecoach hostelry three miles from Hartford, Connecticut, on the old Albany turnpike. It was one of twenty-one taverns within a distance of twenty miles on that pike, and one of the earliest structures in the area. Although the … Continue reading →
When President George W. Bush ran against John Kerry during the 2003 campaign there was a connection between the two that neither desired to share with the general public. Both Bush and Kerry were both members of a secret and elite Yale University society called Skull and Bones. Over the years, … Continue reading →
Benjamin Wadsworth was born in Milton, Massachusetts to Captain Samuel Wadsworth and Abigail (Lindall) Wadsworth in 1669. A monument near Sudbury, that Benjamin erected to his father’s memory, designates the spot where he the Captain fell in battle with the Narragansett Indians. After graduation at Harvard in 1690 Benjamin studied theology … Continue reading →