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3 de feb. de 2021 · By the summer of 1775, Ward pulled together a gaggle of well-intentioned, bumbling farmers into what would become the Continental Army. Nearly eight months earlier, on October 27, 1774, the newly formed Boston Committee of Safety chose General Artemas Ward, a militia officer during the French and Indian War, along with battle hardened but elderly veterans Jedediah Preble and Seth Pomeroy, to ...
5 de abr. de 2024 · The Ward Memorial is located in the middle of a traffic circle at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues, in Northwest Washington, DC. The circle, totaling thirty-thousand square feet, is centered around a statue of Major General Artemas Ward. This memorial to General Ward is a bronze standing figure and shows the General in a ...
Occupation. humorist. Charles Farrar Browne (April 26, 1834 – March 6, 1867) was an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward, which as a character, an illiterate rube with "Yankee common sense", Browne also played in public performances. He is considered to be America's first stand-up comedian. [1]
22 de abr. de 2024 · Artemus Ward (born April 26, 1834, Waterford, Maine, U.S.—died March 6, 1867, Southampton, Hampshire, Eng.) was one of the most popular 19th-century American humorists, whose lecture techniques exercised much influence on such humorists as Mark Twain. Starting as a printer’s apprentice, Browne went to Boston to work as a compositor for The ...
Artemas Ward was born November 26, 1727 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He was the son of Nahum Ward (1684–1754) and Martha (Howe) Ward. His father led a successful career as a sea captain, merchant, land developer, farmer, lawyer and jurist. As a child, Artemas, attended the common schools and shared a tutor with his brothers and sisters.
Ward, born May 28, 1848, was the great-grandson and namesake of Artemas Ward, a major general during the American Revolutionary War . Ward's first position was in 1863 with the New York State Soldiers’ Depot. Later, Ward moved to Philadelphia, entering the Cuban export and import business, and next founded and published the Philadelphia Grocer.
Artemas Ward was born May 20, 1848 in New York City, In 1863 he served with the New York State soldiers’ depot. Later he moved to Philadelphia entering the Cuban export and import business. In 1872 he married Rebecca Robinson and they had one son, Artemas Ward Jr. Ward founded and published “The Philadelphia Grocer”. He gained the ...
