Delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. representative and legislator, army officer, and banker from Connecticut.
Merchant, soldier, and commissary general in the Continental Army; resident of Hartford, Connecticut.
Jeremiah Wadsworth (July 12, 1743– April 30, 1804) 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. He represented Connecticut in both the Continental Congress and the United States House of Representatives.
Member of the Continental Congress.
The firm of Wadsworth and Carter was the creation of Jeremiah Wadsworth and Colonel Carter. Carter was actually John Barker Church. They served as agents for the French Army during the Revolutionary War.