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American Baptist Missionary Union membership certificate, 1851

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1851-05-06

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 281-290

GUSN

GUSN-250582

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Description

A certificate to Mr. Benjamin H. Rhoades making him a life member of the American Baptist Missionary Union on May 6, 1851. Across the bottom in small type it says, "The holder of this will receive the engraved Certificate, on application at the Missionary Rooms."

Details

Descriptive Terms

missionaries
members
societies
religious (people)
certificates

Physical Description

1 certificate

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1941-07-21

Reference Code

GC002.02.285

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

7.5 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Ella Newton Rhoades, 1941

Places

Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

American Baptist Missionary Union (Issuing body)

Material Type

certificates

Other People

Rhoades, Benjamin Hurd

Other Organizations

Brookline Baptist Church

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 281-290

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American Baptist Missionary Union membership certificate, 1871
American Baptist Missionary Union membership certificate, 1850
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