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(1786-1858) Attendee of Dr. Jacob Bigelow’s initial meeting about the Mount Auburn Cemetery in November 1825. Ward was a subscriber to the Story Statue.
Starting off as an importer on his own, in 1816 Ward became a partner in William and Hardy Ropes, subsequently known as Ropes and Ward. From 1830 - 1853 he was an agent for the London banking firm of Baring Brothers.
1828-1836 Treasurer of the Boston Athenaeum.
1830-1842 Treasurer of Harvard College (1830-1842).
Trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Ward was one of the authors (along with Nathan Hale and George Bond) of “The Report of the Board of Directors of Internal Improvements on the practicability and expediency of a Rail Road from Boston to the Hudson River and from Boston to Providence," in 1829, promoting the development of these railroads.
Buried in Lot 235 on Walnut Avenue.
See also: https://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0013
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