Samuel Ward collection, 1781-1831.

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Samuel Ward collection, 1781-1831.

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Papers, primarily correspondence, written to Ward from various business associates, discussing pricing and market conditions in New York, Rhode Island and Caribbean islands, as well as correspondence regarding rising tensions between the United States and Great Britain.

G. W. Blunt White Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7684935

G. W. Blunt White Library

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John Jay (Ship)

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Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832

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Samuel Ward was born in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1756, and graduated from Brown University in Providence in 1771. He accompanied Benedict Arnold in the attack on Quebec and was aid-de-camp to General Washington. Ward eventually rose to Lieut. Colonel in the First Rhode Island Regiment. He also became a distinguished merchant, settling first in New York and then East Greenwich, Rhode Island where he died in 1832. From the description of Samuel Ward collection, 1781-1831. (Mystic Seap...