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This repository holds a handful of Ward-related documents, primarily letters written to or by General Ward.

The Library of Congress collection includes books related to the Wards and published in the United States. It also includes some microfilm reels and manuscripts The General’s son, Artemas Ward, served as a United States representative, and one of his...

Records related to General Ward’s service during the Revolutionary War and his two-year stint in the Continental Congress can be found in this national repository, including letters and the General’s orderly book. Papers of other prominent Revolutionary...

Artemas Ward appears in the papers of Joseph Ward, the General’s secretary and aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War. A finding aid for the Joseph Ward Papers can be found here.

The MHS collection emphasizes General Artemas Ward and Nahum Ward, and is located in Boston. It is comprised of 5 document boxes, 2 volumes, and 1 oversize box, and includes personal items like the General’s diary for 1758. A finding aid for the...

The AAS holds the most extensive collection of original Ward family papers (38 boxes and 17 volumes), many of which were originally housed at the Ward Museum. Most of these papers pertain to Thomas Walter Ward, the son of General Artemas Ward. Researchers...