May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 395

Price Realized: $ 250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(NEW YORK CITY.) Wade, W. [American Seamens Friends Society, engraved certificate with manuscript additions:] This is to certify That "Rev. Leander Thompson" by a Donation of "Twenty" Dollars from "his congr. in S Hadley is constituted a" Life "Member" of the American Seamen's Friend Society New York. "Febr 5th" 18"48 Edward Richardson" President. "Charles N. Talbot" Treasurer. Attest. "John Spaulding" Secretary. Steel engraving by Pollack after Wade, finished inpen and ink. 15x20 1/2 inches. [New York, 1848 or earlier]

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An attractive certificate with a large view of Governor's Island from Manhattan.