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Commemorative Certificate

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

ca. 1865

GUSN

GUSN-1082

Description

Membership certificate stating "Samuel M. Quincy 2nd Mass. Vols. Bur. Brig. General of Vols. was a soldier, and is now a member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac." Elaborate scenes in reserves surround center of certificate. J.F. Cabot Framers Boston.

Details

Descriptive Terms

certificates
commemoratives
paper (fiber product)
Commemorative
Certificate, Commemorative
Certificate, Commemorative

Associated Person

Quincy, Samuel M. (Samuel Miller), 1833-1887

Associated Building

Original to Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),

Maker

Cabot, J. F. (Framer)
Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA; New York, NY, USA

Dimensions

20 1/8 x 24 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

1988.83

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
New York state (United States)

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