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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Samuel Ward
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Samuel Ward

New York, 1814 - 1884
Biographyhttp://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85042969
Ward, an American lobbyist, financier, author, and adventurer, was well known in social and political circles in both the U.S. and Europe. Maud Howe Elliott was his niece, and the daughter of reformer Julia Ward Howe. Samuel Ward papers, Harvard http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou01451 accessed 10/24/2017
He was also uncle to Francis Marion Crawford and his connections in publishing helped to launch Crawford's literary career. SM
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Last Updated8/7/24