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Temperance association Frankford branch

Description: Image of a certificate of membership for a temperance association; a man is urged to sign a pledge of sobriety by his wife and child who stand with him; two men offer him the quill pen and document to sign at left; fountain and well-kept garden grounds outside window above the table at center; certificate text at bottom center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1841
Call number: priJLC_POL_002849
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Cadets of temperance. This is to certify

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Image of a certificate of membership for a temperance association; three young men hold a banner that reads, "No member shall make, buy, sell or use as a beverage any spirituous or malt liquors wine or cider." and gesture towards a portico with their mother kneeling at their feet; ruined house at right in background; certificate text at bottom center; draped American flag and scrollwork oval frame with eagle and banner that reads, "Truth Virtue & Temperance" at bottom center.

priJLC_POL_002850

Maine Poultry Association, awarded to

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Image of a certificate from the Maine Poultry Association with elaborate decorative frame made up of images of many kinds of birds, including turkeys, chickens, ducks, and a peacock; woman tending the birds in front of a farmhouse at bottom center.

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In the name, and by the authority, of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin, governor of the said commonwealth

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Image of a certificate issued to Peter Benson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, authorizing him to the office of Auctioneer; "virtue, liberty and independence" insignia with horses, and eagle, and ships at center left; seal and manuscript text on verso.

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A view of Bassa Cove (in Liberia.)

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Image of a certificate of membership for the Pennsylvania Colony Society; view of Bassa Cove in Liberia with dwellings and trees along the water's edge enclosed by a fence; three native figures in foreground; certificate text at bottom center.

priJLC_POL_002851

Reward of merit. Presented to William Gillespie for his attention to studies and good behavior in school by his teachers

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Image of a seated woman teaching two children next to a bee hive at the center of a reward of merit certificate.

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Reward of merit. Presented to Master Edward Whiting for his attention to studies and good behavior in school by his teachers

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Image of a seated woman teaching two children next to a bee hive at the center of a reward of merit certificate.

priJLC_EDU_004538

Temperance association Frankford branch

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