02 - Letters from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings

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02 - Letters from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings

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Reference Number: HC5/01/02

Description: Letters (675 items and 1 letterbook) from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings.Part I: 1828 Nov - 1830 JunPart II: 1830 Jul - 1831 JunPart III: 1831 Jul - 1832 MarPart IV: 1832 Apr - 1832 NovPart V: 1832 Nov - 1833 DecPart VI: 1834 Aug - 1850 NovPart VII: 1834 Jan - 1834 JulWard was appointed agent, with power of attorney to act for Barings in the United States, on 29 Oct 1829. His correspondence during these years of rapidly expanding business in the United States includes the following main subjects:The status and prospects of the house of Baring; trade with Britain, Russia, India, the East Indies and China; reports on business houses in the United States (mainly New York); the Bank of United States; the Louisiana State Loan, 1832; politics.In 1829 many of Ward’s letters are addressed to Joshua Bates. Thereafter, as Bates became increasingly occupied with the whole business of the house, Ward’s letters are generally addressed to Barings. The partner who mostly corresponded with Ward from 1830-32 was Humphrey St John Mildmay.Ward occasionally complained of his neglect by Joshua Bates, who, like Ward, was a Boston man. The correspondence includes reports on business houses in the United States and these are often referred to by a code of numbers. The whole key to thiscode does not exist in the correspondence, but a partial key is given on someof the letters, where name and number are linked. See particularly:16 Feb 1830 (HC5.01.02.Part I.44); 21 Feb 1830 (HC5.01.02.Part I.49); 13 Mar 1830 (HC5.01.02.Part I.55); 19 Apr 1830 (HC5.01.02.Part I.68);12 Nov 1831 (HC5.01.02.Part 3.33);21 Nov 1832 (HC5.01.02.Part 5.24).

Date: 1828-1850

TBAL Reference: HC5.01.02

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02 - Letters from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings

Letters from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings

Letters from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings

Letters from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings

Letters from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings

Letters from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings

Letters from Thomas W Ward, of Boston, to Joshua Bates and to Barings

Letters from Thomas Ward to Joshua Bates and to Baring Brothers & Co