[Business, Industry & Finance] Ward, Samuel, Jr. Extensive Archive Related to Samuel Ward, Jr.Extensive Archive Related to Early Prominent New York Stockbroker and Land Speculator, Samuel Ward, Jr.Locations vary, ca. 1787-1815. Archive of approximately 127 printed and manuscript documents,prising 83 letters, 16 contract agreements, 13 receipts, seven payment orders, and eight statements of land transfer, all related to Samuel Ward, Jr. (1756-1832), his mercantile firm, Samuel Ward and Brother, other business ventures of his, as well as numerous professional and personal associates of his of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Notable signatures include: Nathaniel Prime (1768-1840), early stockbroker; William Constable (1752-1803), merchant; James Greenleaf (1765-1843), financier and land speculator; John Brown (1736-1803), Rhode Island Congressman;fort Sands (1738-1834), New York statesman; William Greene, Jr. (1731-1809), Rhode Island Governor; Daniel Crommelin (1741-1808), merchant; Alexander Mb (1748-1831), merchant and speculator; Richard Harison (1747-1829), New York Attorney General; Sir William Pulteney (1729-1805), British politician and land speculator; Daniel Ludlow (1750-1840), banker. The archive references several important individuals such as Nathanael Greene, Aaron Burr, Robert Morris, Rufus King, the Marquis de Lafayette, William Duer, Henry Knox, Nathanael Gorham, John Nicholson, William S. Smith, John Pintard, Daniel McCormick, John J. Angerstein, Pierre Chassanis, and many more. Condition varies, most with contemporary folds, toning, and tears. Full list of documents with descriptions available upon request.Samuel Ward, Jr. was a merchant, land speculator, and veteran of the Continental Army. He served in a number of notable conflicts as Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment and was a prisoner of war before being dmissioned in 1781. He was the son of Samuel Ward, Sr. (1725-1776), a prominent judge, Colonial Governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a Rhode Island delegate to the Continental Congress. After the Revolution, the younger Ward went into business as a merchant based out of Warwick, Rhode Island, was selected as a delegate to the Annapolis Conference of 1786, and moved to New York City in 1790 where he established the firm Samuel Ward and Brother. He remained in or around that city for the remainder of his life. This archive touches on all aspects of Wards post-war life, including his vast dealings in stock trading, land speculation, and merchant trading.Of note are documents highlighting Ward's extensive trading of U.S. bank stocks in the early years of what would be the New York Stock Exchange, ca. 1792-98. Ward traded shares in several recently-formed banks, such as The First Bank of the United States, The Bank of North America, and the non-federal Bank of New York--among the first stocks traded on this early market. These papers also highlight Ward’s lon