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By Walter D. Ray and Paul Skonberg
Collection Overview
Title: Grant and Ward Bankruptcy collection, 1881-1889
Predominant Dates:1886
ID: 4/1/PP 34
Primary Creator: Grant and Ward
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Legal documents are arranged chronologically and as much as possible according to the case to which they pertain. Published court records are grouped together. Documents apparently not pertaining to the Grant & Ward bankruptcy are grouped at the end of the collection.
Date Acquired: 01/01/1996
Subjects: Davies, Julien T. (Julien Tappan), 1845-1920., Fish, James D., Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929--Correspondence., Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929., Grant and Ward., Ward, Ella C., Ward, Ferdinand., Warner, William S.
Forms of Material: Correspondence., Legal documents.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection consists of legal documents relating to the 1884 bankruptcy of the firm of Grant & Ward, including documents related to the appointment of Julien T. Davies as receiver of Grant and Ward, powers granted to him and judgments about moneys due him in connection with various actions in the case; briefs filed on behalf of Ward's wife, Ella Ward; several documents relating to attempts by George Holt, the receiver of Ferdinand Ward, to recoup money and property from William S. Warner, one of the large investors in Grant and Ward; and published briefs and findings in these cases. Also included in the collection is a handwritten note by Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. on Grant and Ward stationery; a real estate contract from New York city property purchased by Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. from Abraham H. Jones in 1883; and a telegram from 1889 from "William" to Frank F. Wood, stenographer to both William S. Warner and Ulysses S. Grant.
Biographical Note
Grant & Ward was a Wall Street brokerage firm founded by Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., and Ferdinand Ward along with James D. Fish, president of the Maritime National Bank of New York. Former President Ulysses S. Grant joined the firm in 1881 as a nonexecutor partner. Ward ran the firm using what would later be termed a Ponzi scheme, borrowing money from the Maritime Bank to pay large dividends and attract more investors. In the economic downturn of 1884, the scheme collapsed. Grant and Ward went bankrupt, taking the Maritime Bank down with it. Both Ward and Fish were later convicted of fraud and sentenced to ten years each.
Subject/Index Terms
Davies, Julien T. (Julien Tappan), 1845-1920.
Fish, James D.
Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929--Correspondence.
Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929.
Grant and Ward.
Ward, Ella C.
Ward, Ferdinand.
Warner, William S.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Political Papers
Alternate Extent Statement:
1 box
Access Restrictions:
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions:
To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult Special Collections Research Center to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.
Acquisition Source:
Charles Apfelbaum Rare Books
Acquisition Method:
Purchased
Separated Materials:
Title of residence of Julia Dent Grant removed to Grant Family Papers box 49
Original/Copies Note:
Formerly MSS 176, Ulysses S. Grant Bankruptcy collection.
Related Materials:
Grant Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Ulysses S. Grant III papers, Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Preferred Citation:
[Item], Grant and Ward Bankruptcy collection, Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Collection reboxed and redescribed, July 2009.
Box and Folder Listing
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Box 1],
[All]
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Memo on the powers of Julien Davies as Receiver for Grant and Ward, May 1884
- Supreme Court of the City and County of New York
- Folder 2: Morris v. Grant, Jr. and others: preferred order permitting settlements by reciever, December 1884
- Supreme Court of the city and county of New York
- Folder 3: Deposition naming Allen McCulloh attorney for William S. and Henrietta Warner, March 1886
- Supreme Court of the City and County of New York
- Folder 4: Stipulation re Order to turn over assets to Julien Davies, Receiver for Grant and Ward, March 29, 1886
- Folder 5: Ingraham v. Stewart and others: Affidavit and Order to show cause re payment to Julien Davies, reciever, April 1886
- City Court of Brooklyn
- Folder 6: Ingraham v Davies, etc.: Order appointing Referee, April 1886
- City Court of Brooklyn
- Folder 7: Ingraham v. Haviland and others: Summons to appear before referee and Motion to confirm report, April-May 1886
- City Court of Brooklyn
- Folder 8: Ingraham v. Ward and others: Memorandum on Ella Ward, ca. 1886
- City Court of Brooklyn
- Folder 9: Ingraham v. Haviland and others: Notice of hearing before referee and notice of motion to resettle order, April-June 1886
- City Court of Brooklyn
- Folder 10: Ingraham v. Davies and others: Exceptions to the Referee's report, May 1886
- City Court of Brooklyn
- Folder 11: Exceptions by George Holt, assignee to report by Referee, May 17, 1886
City Court of Brooklyn
copy for plaintiffs and assignees
- Folder 12: Ingraham v. Davies and others: Exceptions by Ella C. Ward to the report of Joseph Nielson, May 21, 1886
- Supreme Court of the City and County of New York
- Folder 13: Orders re payment to Julien Davies, reciever of Grant and Ward, June 1886
- City Court of Brooklyn
- Folder 14: Memo on counsel for defendent Warner, no date
- Supreme Court of the City and County of New York
- Folder 15: Morris v. Grant, Jr. and others: Receiver's Proposed Settlements of certain properties, November 1886, May 1891
- Supreme Court of the City and County of New York
- Folder 16: Morris v. Grant Jr.: Jerome Chaffee claim denied, December 6, 1888
- City Court of Brooklyn
- Folder 17: Holt v. Warner property case, no date
- City Court of Brooklyn
- Folder 18: Morris v. Grant, Jr. and others: petition and notice of motion to discharge reciever, February 16, 1891
- New York Supreme Court
- Folder 19: Pleadings and order appointing Julien Davies reciever, 1885
- Supreme Court of he City and County of New York
- Folder 20: Memo of counsel of defendant Warner, no date
Supreme Court
4 copies
- Folder 21: Memo of counsel for defendant Warner, no date
Supreme Court
3 copies
- Folder 22: brief of counsel for defendant Warner, no date
Supreme Court
5 copies
- Folder 23: Argument on defendant's motion for judgment, no date
Supreme Court
2 copies
- Folder 24: Argument of James Carter counsel for defendant Warner, no date
Supreme Court
2 copies
- Folder 25: brief on defendant Warner's motion for judgment; memo of counsel, no date
Supreme Court
2 copies of memo of counsel
- Folder 26: Argument on defendant's motion for judgement, no date
Supreme Court
2 copies
- Folder 27: U.S. District Court decision, February 13, 1886
- Folder 28: Published record of the City Court of Brooklyn, 1884
- Folder 29: U.S. Grant, Jr. handwritten note on Grant and Ward stationary, June 8, 1882
- Folder 30: envelopes addressed to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, President of Mexican-Southern Railway, August 1881
- postmarked from Mexico
- Folder 31: Memorandum of agreement: Abraham H. Jonas and US Grant, Jr., no date
City Court of Brooklyn
re: land purchase
- Folder 32: Telegram from William to Frank F. Wood, July 1889
- "William" asks Frank F. Wood, stenographer to both William S. Warner and Ulysses S. Grant, to wire money to him in Paris and if he should "interview parties for enterprise."
- Folder 33: Catalog of Recievers sale for Ferdinand Ward, 1884
- Folder 34: Encyclopedia entry about Grant family, no date
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