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Artemas Ward
1800Oct, 28

Artemas Ward

Artemas Ward, American general and politician (b. 1727)
Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him as "universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country."

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