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Artemas Ward

Artemus Ward, by Charles Willson Peale in the Independence Hall Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Biographies

General Artemas Ward : a study / Burley, Angelyn Jefferds. — Shrewsbury, Mass.: The General Artemas Ward Memorial Museum, 1950].

General Artemas Ward : a forgotten revolutionary, remembered and reinvented, 1800-1938 / Goetz, Rebecca Anne. — Worcester, Mass., 2003.

Martyn, Charles. The Life of Artemas Ward, the First Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolution. Kennikat American Bicentennial Series. Port Washington, N.Y: Kennikat Press, 1970.

Memoirs and Papers

Artemas Ward House and Ward family papers digital collection. Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, Harvard Library, Harvard University

Guide to the microfilm edition of the Artemas Ward papers / Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800; Allis, Frederick S. (Frederick Scouller), 1913-; Pruitt, R. Bruce. / Massachusetts Historical Society. — Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1967.

Statues and Commemorations

Unveiling of a statue of Major General Artemas Ward, first Commander-in-chief of the American forces in the War of Independence: presented to the people of the United States by the President and Fellows of Harvard College at Washington, D.C., November 3, 1938 / Warren, Charles, 1868-1954. — Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1938].