Ward, Prudence, 1795-1874.

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Prudence Ward was born on October 6, 1795 in Newton, Massachusetts to Joseph Ward and Prudence (Bird) Ward. She was seven siblings: Elizabeth, Joseph, Myra, Joseph, Caroline, Dennis, and George Washington. Prudence never married but was a much loved aunt to her nieces and nephews. After Joseph Ward's death, Prudence Bird Ward and her daughters, Caroline and Prudence, became close friends with the Thoreau family, especially Mrs. Cynthia Thoreau (Henry David Thoreau's mother), and Misses Elizabeth, Jane, and Maria Thoreau (Henry David Thoreau's aunts). In 1833, Mrs. Ward and Prudence moved to Concord and lived in a house owned by John Thoreau, Sr. (Henry David Thoreau's father). They lived there until Mrs. Ward's death in 1844. After her mother's death, Prudence left Concord but remained a close confidante of Maria and Sophia Thoreau. Prudence Ward died on June 2, 1874. Upon Prudence's death, her niece Anne J. Ward (d. 1913) took control of her papers.

From the description of Correspondence of Prudence Ward and Anne J. Ward, 1839-1906. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 123464277

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creatorOf Ward, Prudence, 1795-1874. Correspondence of Prudence Ward and Anne J. Ward, 1839-1906. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Alcott, May. Papers of the Thoreau and Sewall families, 1790-1917, 1831-1876. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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associatedWith Alcott, Abba May, 1800-1877. person
associatedWith Alcott, Amos Bronson, 1799-1888. person
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associatedWith Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 person
associatedWith Alcott, May, 1840-1879. person
associatedWith American Anti-Slavery Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898. person
associatedWith Brooks, Mary Merrick, 1801-1868 person
associatedWith Emerson, Lidian Jackson, 1802-1892. person
associatedWith Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. person
associatedWith Emerson Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917 person
associatedWith Sewall, E. Q. (Edmund Quincy), 1828-1908. person
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associatedWith Thoreau, Helen L. (Helen Louisa), 1812-1849. person
associatedWith Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. person
associatedWith Thoreau, Jane, 1784-1864. person
associatedWith Thoreau, John, 1815-1842. person
correspondedWith Thoreau, Maria, 1794-1881 person
associatedWith Thoreau, Sophia E. person
associatedWith Ward, Anne J., 1840-1913, person
associatedWith Ward, George Washington, 1802-1855. person
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Birth 1795

Death 1874

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