Feb 28, 2002 - Sale 1926

Sale 1926 - Lot 7

Price Realized: $ 345
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
[AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.] Engraved Membership Certificate, accomplished in manuscript and Signed at the bottom by R. R. Gurley and John H. B. Latrobe, acknowledging that Rev. Norwood Damon was a member for life. One page, 7x10 inches; some dampstaining at edges, other scattered staining and discoloration. Washington, 30 March 1860

Additional Details



Ralph Gurley was both agent and secretary for the American Colonization Society. Latrobe drew the first map of Liberia. He was the author of numerous books and invented the "Latrobe stove," also known as the "Baltimore stove." <