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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

Hell

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Image of a scene from Hell, with people writhing in agony and suffering various punishments; demons, snakes, lizards, and dragons attack people, dozens of souls are goaded down a slope by demons into a fiery pit; several demons with horns dance around the Devil in the background at center.

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These certify that ___ was legally admitted a member of the Pilots' Charitable Society

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Image of a blank certificate certifying admittance to the Pilots' Charitable Society; seated motherly female figure in robes embracing three children among clouds at top center; boats and ships sailing with land and a lighthouse visible in the background.

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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.

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Saint Patrick

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Image of a bust-length portrait of Saint Patrick dressed in bishop's robes, crozier, and other regalia; vignette in background shows Saint Patrick in his credited role of banishing snakes from Ireland.

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Sultana

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Image of a label for Sultana brand fruit; man and woman wearing Indian ethnic costume in a bazaar-like setting with baskets overflowing with prunes; plum trees with laborers harvesting the fruit in background at left; oversized branch with fruit forms a frame at far left; "GW" monogram with twined snakes at far right.

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This is to certify that Edward C. Williams

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Image of a certificate with image of a soldier in full military uniform standing with rifle and bayonet in hand on a dirt road outside the fence of a large military encampment; ranks of soldiers on foot and on horseback, cannons, and rows of tents visible in camp; civilian man and woman in a two-wheeled horse-drawn cart in the foreground at left.

priJLC_MIL_001274

This certifies that Sally Williams having paid…

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