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Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family

Title
  1. Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family, 1825-2012.
Author
  1. Ward, Geoffrey C.

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Description
  1. 8.4 linear feet (21 boxes)
Summary
  1. Geoffrey Ward is the author of A Disposition to Be Rich, a biography of his great-grandfather, Ferdinand Ward, who ran a fraudulent Wall Street investment firm from 1880 to 1884. The Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family (1825-2012) consists of material collected and created by Geoffrey Ward in preparation of the book. The collection documents the activities of Ferdinand Ward and his extended family from the 1810s to 1949 through original family correspondence, legal documents, newspaper articles, and Geoffrey Ward's research notes, among other materials.
Subject
  1. Research notes
  2. Correspondence
  3. Fish, James Dean, 1819-1912
  4. Ward, F. De W (Ferdinand De Wilton), 1812-1891
  5. Swindlers and swindling > United States
  6. Ward, Ferdinand De Wilton, 1851-1925
  7. Ward, Clarence, 1884-1973
  8. Ponzi schemes > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
  9. Geneseo (N.Y.)
  10. Genealogy
Genre/Form
  1. Correspondence.
  2. Research notes.
Call number
  1. MssCol 22284
Access (note)
  1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Source (note)
  1. Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc., 2013.
Author
  1. Ward, Geoffrey C.
Title
  1. Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family, 1825-2012.
Restricted access
  1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Source
  1. Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc., 2013.
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Research call number
  1. MssCol 22284
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