Research Catalog
Samuel Ward papers
- Title
- Samuel Ward papers, 1647-1912.
- Author
- Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Armstrong, John, 1758-1843.
- Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.
- Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898.
- Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748.
- Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.
- Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909.
- Cutler, M. Eliza.
- Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
- Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901.
- Felton, C. C. (Cornelius Conway), 1807-1862.
- Francis, John W. (John Wakefield), 1789-1861.
- Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867.
- Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.
- Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910.
- Lagrange, J. L. (Joseph Louis), 1736-1813.
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
- Legendre, A. M. (Adrien Marie), 1752-1833.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.
- Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.
- Ticknor, George, 1791-1871.
- Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929.
- Ward, Francis Marion, 1820-1847.
- Ward, Henry, 1818-1840.
- Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832.
- Ward, Samuel, 1786-1839.
- Description
- 2.5 linear feet (8 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection contains the papers of Ward, his father, his grandfather, and other family members, as well as his collection of autograph letters of mathematicians and scientists.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autographs.
- Diaries.
- Photographs.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Additional Formats (note)
- available on microfilm;
- Biography (note)
- Samuel Ward (1814-1884) was an American lobbyist, financier, author, and adventurer.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 3221
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A393
- Author
- Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884.
- Title
- Samuel Ward papers, 1647-1912.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Additional Formats
- John Armstrong letters, 1804-1810, available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Biography
- Samuel Ward (1814-1884) was an American lobbyist, financier, author, and adventurer. He was the son of the banker Samuel Ward (1786-1839) and the grandson of Samuel Ward (1756-1832) soldier and merchant. His sister was Julia Ward Howe, author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic". After leaving his father's banking house, Prime, Ward & King, he visited Latin America on behalf of U.S. corporate and government interests. By the end of the U.S. Civil War he was settled in Washington, D.C. where he lobbied the government on behalf of financiers.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Capitalists and financiers.Lobbyists.
- Added Author
- Armstrong, John, 1758-1843.Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898.Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748.Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909.Cutler, M. Eliza.Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901.Felton, C. C. (Cornelius Conway), 1807-1862.Francis, John W. (John Wakefield), 1789-1861.Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867.Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910.Lagrange, J. L. (Joseph Louis), 1736-1813.Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.Legendre, A. M. (Adrien Marie), 1752-1833.Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.Ticknor, George, 1791-1871.Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929.Ward, Francis Marion, 1820-1847.Ward, Henry, 1818-1840.Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832.Ward, Samuel, 1786-1839.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 3221