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- Creator
- Ward, Henry Dana, 1797-1884
- Call number
- MssCol 3219
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Henry Dana Ward diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Henry Dana Ward kept this diary as rector of St. Jude's Protestant Episcopal Free Church in New York City from January 1, 1850 through September 30, 1857. Entries pertain to services for others including William A. Muhlenberg and Thos. Gallaudet; marriages, births, and deaths; church government; elections of bishops; "wine bibbing'" bishops; his family and his school for young ladies; discipline, teachers, and servants; current events; slavery; the weather; a letter from Fillmore, and other matters
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Names
- Ward, Henry Dana, 1797-1884
- Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
- St. Jude's Protestant Episcopal Free Church (New York, N.Y.)
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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328