Ward-Perry-Dexter papers, 1733-1927.

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Ward-Perry-Dexter papers, 1733-1927.

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Papers of the interrelated Ward, Perry, and Dexter families, including: several items related to Gen. Artemas Ward's service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars and as a justice of the peace in Worcester County, including a few orders, commissions, returns, and numbers of men around Boston during the siege (1775). Other Ward family members represented include the general's son Artemas and grandson Charles T. Ward. Perry family papers include a letter from Commodore Oliver H. Perry while commanding the ship Java during the War of 1812; and a series of letters from Oliver Hazzard Perry (son of the Commodore) and his second wife, Mary Anne Moseley Perry, to their son William C.G. Perry while the latter was a midshipman on the U.S. frigate Constitution (1863-65). There are also a few Civil War letters from Charles E. Munroe and Abner E. Drury of the 45th and 32nd Mass. Infantry Regiments respectively, written in 1863; a brief commonplace-book kept by Samuel Dexter; and two commissions to Nahum Ward (1733, 42).

1 box and 1 oversize box.

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Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800

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Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him as "universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country." Born in Shrewsbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, he attended the common schools before graduating from Harvard College, teaching there briefly after graduation. In 1751, ...

Ward family.

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Ward, Artemas, 1762-1847

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U.S. representative from Massachusetts and jurist. From the description of Artemas Ward correspondence, 1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981307 ...

Ward, Charles Trowbridge, 1806-1877.

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Perry, William Cabot Gorham.

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Ward, Nahum, 1684-1754

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Perry, Mary Anne Moseley, 1824-1891.

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Perry family.

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Perry, O. H. (Oliver Henry), 1815-1882

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Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819

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U. S. naval officer; hero of the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813. From the description of Battle of Lake Erie orders, log extract, and victory announcement,, 1813 July 8-10 Sept. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 77481334 Born in South Kingston, R.I., Aug. 23, 1785; famous for his battle on Lake Erie, with his dispatch to General Harrison, "We have met the enemy & they are ours", Sep. 10, 1813; U.S.Congress voted thanks, a medal & rank of Captain, died on the I...

Dexter, Samuel, 1726-1810

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Munroe, Charles E., c. 1842-1863.

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Dexter family.

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Drury, Abner E., b. c. 1831.

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