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    cousin, left Decius a handsome sum in his will in 1804. Decius never married. In 1794, Decius Wadsworth was appointed by President George Washington as a captain...
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  • 529-546), politician of the Eastern Roman Empire Decius (Exarch), first Exarch of Ravenna 584–585 Decius Wadsworth (1768-1821), Colonel in the Ordnance Corps...
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  • Wadsworth's cipher, or Wheatstone's cipher, was a cipher invented by Decius Wadsworth, a Colonel in the United States Army Ordnance Corps. In 1817, he...
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  • sons Hon. John Wadsworth or his half brother Capt. Joseph Wadsworth of Charter Oak fame. Daniel Wadsworth (1771 – 1848) Decius Wadsworth (1768 – 1821)...
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  • American artist, arts patron, and founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Decius Wadsworth (1768–1821) U.S. Army officer and cryptologist; developed...
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    manage the procurement, research, and maintenance of Ordnance materiel. Decius Wadsworth, previously superintendent of West Point, was appointed a Colonel and...
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    after the arrival of troops commanded by United States Army Colonel Decius Wadsworth, and United States Marine Corps Captain Samuel Miller, Barney attempted...
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    ports and other locations. At the time, the Colonel of Ordnance was Decius Wadsworth. He designated the arsenal to produce fixed ammunition and small articles...
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    Congress in 1815 (acting) 1803 1805 Decius Wadsworth  — Colonel; appointed 1st Chief of Ordnance in 1812; invented Wadsworth's cipher in 1817 2 1805 1812 Jonathan...
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    artillery was posted in an earthwork hastily constructed by Colonel Decius Wadsworth, the Army's Commissary General of Ordnance, to the north of the bridge...
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