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Diary of Samuel Ward, Jr., with transcriptions (RLC.Ms.034)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680


Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Diary of Samuel Ward: Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Saunders, 1989 Nov 27 A.
Processing information: Prior to processing in 2014, the original diary of Samuel Ward, Jr. was formerly classified as m6 .W2174A with the title, "[Diary] S. Ward - Dec. 1792." The transcription prepared by Hall and Stickley was formerly classified as CS71 .W263 1792a copy 1. Samuel Hough's transcription was formerly classified as CS71 .W263 1792b. This diary was digitized in 2013 by the John Carter Brown Library as part of the Rhode Island History Project.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Phoebe Bean and Elizabeth Delmage.
Encoding: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-04-23
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)