Samuel Ward Papers
Abstract
Papers, primarily correspondence, written to Ward from various business associates, discussing pricing and market conditions in New York, Rhode Island and the Islands. The collection contains especially notable correspondence regarding rising tensions between the United States and Britain. In 1806 one of Ward's ships, the JOHN JAY, was condemned in Bermuda by the British as "enemy property as the cargo of an illegal voyage." (Box 2/7)
Dates
- Creation: 1781 - 1830
Language of Materials
English Latin
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Biography of Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a Rhode Island merchant and Lieut. Colonel, First Rhode Island Regiment. Born in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1756, Ward graduated from Brown University in Providence in 1771. Capt Ward accompanied Benedict Arnold in the attack on Quebec and was aid-de-camp to General Washington and 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.
The collection contains especially notable correspondence regarding rising tensions between the United States and Britain. In 1806 one of Ward's ships, the John Jay, was condemned in Bermuda by the British in 1806 as "enemy property as the the cargo of an illegal voyage." (Box 2/7)
Ward's father, also Samuel Ward, was the governor of Rhode Island and his brother Richard briefly ran a New York city merchantile concern in partership with Samuel. His wife, Phebe Ward was the daughter of William Greene of Warwick.
Extent
2 box(es)
Index to Personal and Corporate Names
- Adams, Josiah 1/8
- Ambrose, ? (Capt.) 2/9
- Anthony, ? 2/9
- Arnold, Thomas 1/3
- Arnold, Welcome 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/5, 1/6, 2/5
- Arnold, William 1/4
- Barnard, Benjamin (Capt.) 1/3, 2/6
- Bauman, S. 1/10
- Beekman, Chris 1/10
- Bellamy, Samuel 1/8
- Benjamin, E. 1/10
- Bowen, Ed 1/1
- Bowen, W. 2/6
- Brown, ? (Capt.) 1/6, 2/6
- Brown, Ed 1/1
- Brown, ? 1/12
- Brown, Nicholas 1/2
- Cafey, Gideon 1/2
- Campbell, Jacob A. 1/4
- Casey Son and Greene 1/3
- Casey, W.J. 1/1
- Casey, Wanton 1/4
- Casey, William 1/4
- Champlin, John 2/1
- Champlin, Minturn 2/6
- Clark and Nightingale 1/3
- Clark, W. 2/4
- Clarke, Ethan 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 1/10, 2/4
- Clarke, Ray 1/11
- Cooke, John 1/2
- Cowper, John 2/8
- Dickerson, Champion 1/3
- DuBois, Madam 2/1
- Fairbank, Jonathan 1/2
- Fairbanks, ? (Capt.) 2/5
- Fennes, ? (Capt.) 1/6
- Flagg, Elizabeth 1/4
- Forbes, Edward 1/4
- Garzia, ? (Capt.) 2/5
- Gibbs, George 1/4
- Gibbs, ? 1/1
- Godfrey, ? (Capt.) 2/5
- Green, Jonas 1/1
- Greene, Anne 1/11
- Greene, Catherine 1/11
- Greene, Christopher 1/1, 1/11
- Greene, Deborah 1/11
- Greene, Jacob 1/5
- Greene, James Deacon 1/1
- Greene, Johnathan 1/1, 1/3, 1/4
- Greene, Nathaniel R. 1/11
- Greene, Sam 1/2
- Greene, William 1/3
- Greenleaf, James 1/11
- Hoffman, Tobias 1/10
- Holcomb, Thomas 2/7
- Hubbant, John 1/6
- Jenkins, Mathew 1/2
- Jenkins, Thomas 1/2
- Johnson, David 1/3
- Johnson, Mary 1/3
- Kenyon, Gardner 2/8
- Kenyon, Nathan 2/8
- King, Sam 1/6
- LeRay de Chaumont, ? 1/6
- Littlefield, ? (Capt.) 1/5
- Littlefield, William 1/1, 1/2, 1/3
- Mathewson, Richard 1/3
- Maxwell, Anne 1/11
- Maxwell, William 1/11
- Miller, Nathan (General) 1/3
- Miller, Phinicis 1/5
- Murray, John B. 2/1
- Murray, R. 2/4
- Nightingale, Clark 1/6
- Olyphant, David 2/7
- Olyphant, ? (Mrs.) 2/2
- Palmer, George (Esq.)(Comm.) 1/7
- Pennock & Skipworth 2/8
- Phelps, Oliver 2/4
- Prime, Nathaniel 1/11
- Prior, Edmond 2/6
- Robbins, Asher 2/2
- Robinson, ? 2/7
- Rowton, Samuel (Capt.) 1/3
- Russell, W. 2/1
- Samuel Ward & Brothers 2/5
- Shaw, George 1/4
- Shaw, John 1/4
- Sheffield, ? (Capt.) 1/3
- Smith, Samuel 1/5
- Smith, Simon (Capt.) 1/3
- Spencer, Corey 1/2
- Spencer, George 1/2, 1/6
- Steele, Daniel 2/7
- Stevens, Robert 1/1, 1/3
- Stevens, W. 2/6
- Strong, Roger 1/10
- Talbot, ? (Col.) 2/5
- Talcott, Sam 2/4
- Taylor, John 1/6
- Tillinghast, ? (Capt.) 2/5
- Vernon, Sam 1/1
- Ward, Christopher Ellery 1/4
- Ward, Eliza 1/11
- Ward, Isaac 1/2
- Ward, John 1/4, 1/5, 1/11
- Ward, Mary 1/11
- Ward, Phebe 1/11
- Ward, Richard 1/4, 1/5, 2/5, 2/6
- Ward, Samuel 2/6
- Ward, Silas 1/2
- Wheaton, Murray 2/6
- Whipple, ? (Capt.) 1/3
- Whiting, Nathaniel 1/11
- Wightman, ? (Capt.) 1/1
- Williams, John 1/2
Index to Vessel Names
- ABIGAIL (Brig) 1/2
- CATO (Schooner) 1/1
- COLUMBUS (Ship) 1/8
- DELIGHT (Brig) 1/10
- FAIR AMERICAN (Sloop) 1/2
- HOPE 1/3
- HURON (Ship) 2/1
- JOHN JAY (Ship) 2/7
- JOLLY (Sloop) 1/4
- LIBERTY (Brig) 1/3
- PERSEUS (Ship) 1/7
- PHEBE (Sloop) 1/1
- REBECCA (Brig) 1/2
- SALLY (Schooner) 1/2
- SERIS (Sloop) 1/10
- VICTORY (Sloop) 1/10
- WASHINGTON 1/3
- Title
- Samuel Ward Papers (Coll. 271)
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of the collection at the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
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