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Honor to the Memory of Benjamin Franklin statue certificate

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1854

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 281-290

GUSN

GUSN-250583

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Description

This is to Certify that Samuel Austin contributed Twenty-five Dollars towards the erection of a statue of Benjamin Franklin in his native city of Boston.

Details

Descriptive Terms

statues
politicians
members
memorials
certificates
prints (visual works)

Physical Description

1 certificate

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1929-04-17

Reference Code

GC002.02.286

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

10.5 x 16 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Austin Wadsworth, 1929

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

New England Bank Note Co. (Printer)

Material Type

certificates
prints (visual works)

Other People

Austin, Samuel
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 281-290

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