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21. Ibid.
22. Ferdinand De Wilton Ward to Sarah Ward Brinton, April 7, 1891, Brinton Collection.
23. James McKeen to Clarence Ward, October 11, 1905, author’s collection.
24. Mary D. Green to Fred Green, May 1, 1890, author’s collection.
25. Harold Ward would be born in Oxford, En gland, September 19, 1890.
26. Sarah Ward Brinton to Ferdinand Ward, May 20, 1890, author’s collection.
27. Sarah Ward Brinton to Ferdinand Ward, April 18, 1890, author’s collection.
28. Emma Jane Ward to Ferdinand Ward, May 31, 1890, author’s collection.
29. Sarah Ward Brinton to Ferdinand Ward, May 8, 1890, author’s collection.
30. James McKeen to Ferdinand Ward, May 26, 1890, author’s collection.
31. James McKeen to Ferdinand Ward, May 26 and June 30, 1890, author’s collection.
32. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, July 13, 1890, author’s collection.
33. Nellie Green to Ferdinand Ward, July 20, 1890,
34. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, November 4, 1890, author’s collection.
35. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, June 9 and August 21, 1891, author’s collection.
36. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, August 21, 1891, author’s collection.
37. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, July 20, 1891, author’s collection.
38. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, February 3, 1891, author’s collection.
39. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, April 19, 1891, author’s collection.
40. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, July 21, 1891, author’s collection.
41. Ibid.
42. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, July 5, 1891, author’s collection.
43. Ferdinand De Wilton Ward to Ferdinand Ward, April 9, 1890, author’s collection.
44. Ferdinand De Wilton Ward to Ferdinand Ward, April 22, 1890, author’s collection.
45. Livingston Republican, May 7, 1891.
46. Emma Jane “Kate” Ward to Nellie Green, September 17, 1891, author’s collection.
47. Ferdinand Ward to W. Bourke Cockran, April 26, 1892, William Bourke Cock-ran Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
48. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, February 18, 1892, author’s collection.
49. James McKeen to Fred Green, April 11, 1892, author’s collection.
50. Brooklyn Eagle, April 30, 1892.
51. Ibid.
52. New York Times, May 1, 1892.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
1. Author’s interview with Clarence Ward, 1967.
2. Clarence Ward interview with Andrew Ward, summer 1967.
3. Ibid.
4. Clarence Ward report card, December 17, 1890, author’s collection.
5. New York Herald, April 2, 1892.
6. New York Times, April 2, 1892.
7. New York Herald, April 2, 1892.
8. Ibid.
9. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, May 4, 1892, author’s collection.
10. New Haven Register, August 30, 1892.
11. Nellie Green to Ferdinand Ward, September 28, 1892, author’s collection.
12. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, September 28, 1892, author’s collection.
13. Ferdinand Ward to Mrs. Robert Tallman, September 9, 1892, author’s collection.
14. Ferdinand Ward to Mrs. Robert Tallman, September 20, 1892, author’s collection.
15. Ferdinand Ward to Mrs. Robert Tallman, October 11, 1892, author’s collection.
16. John Gardner to Ferdinand Ward, October 11, 1892, author’s collection.
17. Ferdinand Ward to Mrs. Robert Tallman, October 22, 1892, author’s collection.
18. Sarah Ward Brinton to Nellie Green, September 27, 1892, author’s collection.
19. Sarah Ward Brinton to Nellie Green, September 30, 1892, author’s collection.
20. William Shaw Ward to Nellie Green, October 5, 1892, author’s collection.
21. New York Times, October 31, 1885.
22. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, October 23, 1892, author’s collection.
23. Ferdinand Ward to Nellie Green, November 12, 1892, author’s collection.
24. Sarah Ward Brinton to Nellie Green, December 30, 1893, author’s collection.
25. William Shaw Ward to Fred Green, January 18, 1894, author’s collection.
26. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, January 18, 1893, author’s collection.
27. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, February 21, 1893, author’s collection.
28. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, February 26, 1893, author’s collection.
29. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, August 20, 1893, author’s collection.
30. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, October 15, 1893, author’s collection.
31. Dallas Morning News, October 14, 1893.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
1. James McKeen to Charles E. Searls, January 17, 1894, author’s collection.
2. Charles E. Searls to Lockwood R. Doty, March 17, 1894, author’s collection.
3. New York Herald, March 21, 1894.
4. Washington Post, March 22, 1894.
5. Lockwood R. Doty, March 26, 1894, author’s collection.
6. Charles Searls to Lockwood R. Doty, April 5, 1894, author’s collection.
7. James McKeen to Charles E. Searls, April 10, 1894, author’s collection.
8. New York Herald, September 14, 1894.
9. Ibid.
10. Hartford Courant, September 14, 1894.
11. New York Herald, September 14, 1894.
12. Putnam Patriot, September 21, 1894.
13. New York Herald, September 17, 1894.
14. New York Herald, October 9, 1894.
15. “Quid Pro Quo” to Fred Green, September 18, 1894, author’s collection.
16. Ibid.
17. Author’s interview with Mrs. George Teall, August 24, 1971.
18. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, October 10, 1894.
19. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, December 29, 1894, author’s collection.
20. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, March 9, 1895, author’s collection.
21. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, April 9, 1895, author’s collection.
22. Hartford Courant, January 13, 1897.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Central Law Journal (1874–1927), September 17, 1897.
EPILOGUE
1. Interview with Clarence Ward conducted by Andrew Ward, 1967.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Draft of letter from Clarence to Isabelle Ward, n.d. 1905, author’s collection.
5. Isabella A. Ward to Clarence Ward, March 10, 1905, author’s collection.
6. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, May 2, 1905, author’s collection.
7. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, May 11, 1905, author’s collection.
8. Ibid.
9. Clarence Ward to Ferdinand Ward, January 9, 1906, author’s collection.
10. James McKeen to Clarence Ward, September 18, 1906, author’s collection.
11. Ibid.
12. Dallas Morning News, October 14, 1893.
13. Ferdinand Ward to Clarence Ward, January 26, 1910, author’s collection.
14. James McKeen to Clarence Ward, February 11, 1910, author’s collection.
15. Edward A. Day to Clarence Ward, May 19, 1910, author’s collection.
16. Author’s interview with F. C. Ward.
17. Interview with F. C. Ward by Andrew Ward, 1967.
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