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American Tract Society certificate

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1846-05-30

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 291-300

GUSN

GUSN-250657

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Description

Certificate to Rev. S. B. Swaim for his contribution of "Fifty Dollars From the First Baptist Church Worcester, Mass." making him a Director for Life of the American Tract Society, May 30, 1846. The border has engraved scenes of people with Bibles or American Tract Society publications.

Details

Descriptive Terms

societies
clergy
religious (people)
directors (administrators)
members
certificates
engravings (prints)

Physical Description

1 certificate

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1942-09-26

Reference Code

GC002.02.299a

Acquisition Type

Estate

Image Dimensions

17.25 x 14.75 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Miss Elizabeth Swaim, 1942

Places

Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Roberts (Engraver)

Material Type

certificates
engravings (prints)

Other People

Swaim, Samuel B. (Samuel Budd), 1809-1865

Other Organizations

American Tract Society
First Baptist Church (Worcester, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 291-300

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