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  <abstract>Sixty-two bound volumes of diaries, writings, notes, family and autobiographical material, clippings, and pamphlets featuring Ward's life and work as a circuit minister of the Methodist Protestant Church in Maryland and West Virginia, as pastor of the First Methodist Protestant Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), president of Western Maryland College (Westminster, Md.), and president of Westminster Seminary (Westminster, Md.).  The diaries include personal reflections and observations.</abstract>
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