The Artemas Ward papers
By: Frederick S. Allis, Jr., editor; R. Bruce Pruitt, associate editor.
Contributors: Allis, Frederick Scouller, 1913-; Pruitt, R. Bruce.; Massachusetts Historical Society.; United States. National Historical Publications Commission.
Series: Massachusetts Historical Society microfilm publication ;; no. 4
Publisher: Massachusetts Historical Society
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800 -- Archives.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.; Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
Genres: Archives.; Sources.
Other titles: hoe
Description: Reproduces personal and family correspondence, diary (1758), orderly book, official documents, accounts, receipts, and other papers of Artemas Ward, Revolutionary War general and member of the Continental Congress; together with personal and official papers of Nahum Ward (1684-1754) concerning his duties in local offices of Shrewsbury, diaries (1827-1853) of Thomas W. Ward, correspondence of the Perry and Ward families, and genealogies, photographs, and other records of the family.  Artemas Ward's papers relate to his participation in campaigns at Ft. Edward and Ft. Ticonderoga, the siege of Boston, and as head of the Eastern Department, Continental Army; his duties as Shrewsbury official and speaker of the Massachusetts House; his term as a member of the Board of Overseers at Harvard College; his activities with the Continental Congress concerning political, state, and federal affairs; and to Shay's Rebellion.
Notes: Finding aid available for use in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
Filmed from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Accompanied by a printed guide, entitled: Guide to the microfilm edition of The Artemas Ward papers (30 p. ; 23 cm.)