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1821-03-15
Vertical file 4: OVR 301-310
GUSN-250694
Certificate to Ezra Dyer of Boston for membership in the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association on March 15, 1821. The certificate is engraved with images of Archimedes on one side and a ship with a flag and a Massachusetts banner on the other. There is a cornucopia and bee hive across the bottom, and an arm and hammer with the words "Be Just and Fear Not" across the top. The certificate is mounted on a wood backing.
societies
charitable societies
members
certificates
wood (plant material)
engravings (prints)
1 certificate on wood backing
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.02.303
Estate
11.5 x 17.5 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of the Estate of Miss Elizabeth Swaim
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Penniman, John Ritto, 1782-1841 (Delineator)
Annin & Smith (Engraver)
certificates
wood (plant material)
engravings (prints)
Dyer, Ezra
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
Item
Vertical file 4: OVR 301-310
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