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This certifies that Sally Williams having paid…

Description
Image of a certificate issued to Sally Williams from the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; an angel with a trumpet and the Holy Bible flies over three vignettes, including people tormented by snakes in front of a cross with a building being destroyed by flood and fire in the background, a group of Native American Indians seated in a circle in front of tipis with a priest preaching to them, and three African people kneeling and reaching towards the sky with a hut and palm trees in the background.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
1851
Call number
priJLC_REL_002897
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Anderson, Walter W. (1807-1875.)
Aspinwall, Horatio G. (1819-1896.)
Bannan, Benjamin, (1824-)
Crosby, Charles H., (1807-1883.)
Haehnlen, Jacob, (approximately 1824-)
Hanford, Albert,
Hawkins, Ezekiel C.
King, W. A.
Reed, Edwin O.,
Shields, C.
Stevens, H. R.
Thoubboron, J.
Tobin, M. F.
Associated organizations
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
Cosack & Co.
Hop Pill Mf'g Co.
J. Ottmann Lithographic Company.
Longacre & Co.
Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Samuel Bowles and Company.
Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.
Theo. Leonhardt & Son.
Thomas & Eno.
William H. Forbes & Company.
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