Letter to Artemas Ward 1780 November 2.

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Letter to Artemas Ward 1780 November 2.

Sumner writes to Ward about the serious illness and anticipated death of Ward's daughter. Docketed by Ward. With the letter is an autographed engraving of Ward.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7714363

University of Virginia. Library

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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, ...

Sumner, Joseph, 1740-1824

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American Revolutionary War general. From the description of Letter to Artemas Ward 1780 November 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55943345 ...