1To George Washington from Joseph Ward, 24 Sept. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Joseph Ward, 24 Sept. 1779. On 25 Sept., GW wrote Ward: “I have received your Letter of yesterday.”
2To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Ward, 2 May 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Boston, May 2, 1791. On May 26, 1791, Hamilton wrote to Ward : “I duly received your letter of the 2d instant.” Letter not found. ] Ward was a Boston stockbroker and real estate dealer.
3To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Ward, 18 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Newton, Massachusetts, February 18, 1793. On May 6, 1793, Hamilton wrote to Ward and acknowledged the receipt of Ward’s “letter of the 18th of February last.” Letter not found. ] Ward was a Boston stockbroker and real estate dealer.
4To George Washington from Colonel Joseph Ward, 19 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave, to inform your Excellency, that in compliance with your Excellency’s pleasure, signified to me in a letter from Colonel Harrison, the 13th Instant, I immediately wrote to the Majors of Brigade (as I had no Officers in Camp) and requested them to muster their respective Brigades, and make a return of their muster Rolls to me. In the mean time I proposed to muster the Artillery, and...
5To George Washington from Joseph Ward, 16 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
Boston, April 16th 1789. “At this era, when every moment of your time is precious, I feel reluctance to call one tho’t from public concerns—but the impulse, kindled by the double ardour of affection to my Country, and to her beloved General, is irresistible. When I felt only for my General, I could not consent that his tranquility, and his fame, should again be put to hazard on the boundless...
6To John Adams from Joseph Ward, 28 June 1777 (Adams Papers)
I wish it was in my power to give you a satisfactory and particular state of facts relative to the late movements in the military way, but all the facts I cannot learn, and if I could they might not perhaps be satisfactory in every sense of the word. The 22 Instant the Enemy retreated from Brunswick to Amboy, a party, of several hundreds, under the command of Col Morgan attacked their rear, in...
7To John Adams from Joseph Ward, 14 March 1776 (Adams Papers)
The 2 instant at night we began a cannonade and bombardment upon the Enemy, and continued it three nights successively; on the 4th at night we threw up works upon the heights on Dorchester Point. The next morning the Pirates in Boston and in the Harbour appeared to be in great agitation, and every day and night since have been preparing (according to our observations, and the information from...
8To John Adams from Joseph Ward, 20 June 1776 (Adams Papers)
I have the pleasure to inform you that another Scotch Transport with a Company of Highland Grenadiers on board was brought into this Port by the Privateers on the eighteenth Instant. Each Transport brings a quantity of provisions and camp equipage for the Troops. We have now about four hundred and fifty Highlanders prisoners; they are going into the Country Towns agreeable to the Order of...
9To John Adams from Joseph Ward, 19 April 1777 (Adams Papers)
Yesterday I came to this place; all things remain much as they were; a few Companies have come in from Connecticut, and many more on their march, ’tis said that two thousand are on their march from that State, and many from Massachussetts. The constant complaint here is, that there are but few troops and the reinforcements come in extremely slow,—which is too true . On my way to this place I...
10To George Washington from Major Joseph Ward, 1 September 1776 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s Letter of the twentysixth of August came by the last Post; General Ward being out of Town, I have transmitted the Letter with the inclosed Resolve of Congress to him. I am sorry to inform your Excellency that Captain Burke in the armed Schooner Warren on the twentysixth of August was taken by a British Frigate about ten leagues without this Bay. Captain Ayers in the armed...