col. 210 box 1 .1-.5; box 2 .6-.7The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Title: Certificates and medals

Dates: 1768-ca. 1920

Call No.: Col. 301

Acc. No.: [various]

Quantity: ca. 80 items

Location: 3 G 7-8

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This artificial and still open collection contains printed certificates, including birth and marriage certificates, memberships, commissions, and diplomas. Most are of a large size and illustrated, many in color. Of particular note are birth and baptismal certificates from the Pennsylvania German area of south central Pennsylvania. They are brightly colored with designs stylistically similar to fraktur.

ORGANIZATION

The certificates are divided by size and then arranged in accession number order.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are primarily in English, but also in German.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Gifts and purchases from various sources.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics: Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Yale University.

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Massachusetts.

Marriage customs and rites.

Libraries.

Medicine.

Postal service.

Societies.

Religion.

Ships.

Armed Forces.

Art – Exhibitions.

Baptism.

Education.

Freemasonry.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.

Birth certificates.

Certificates.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION

Note: This finding aid also includes a certificate in another collection besides Collection 301.

CERTIFICATES
CALL NUMBER	ACCESSION NUMBER	TYPE OF ITEM	ORGANIZATION	PLACE	DATE	NAME	PRINTER/ENGRAVER	SUBJECTS	DESCRIPTION
Col. 301	10x072	marriage certificate	Quakers at Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	1754	Edward Penington, Sarah Shoemaker		marriage	Quaker marriage certificate with signatures of congregation, including furniture makers Benjamin Trotter, Thomas Maule, and John Smith.
Col. 301	54x013.2	certificate	True Assistant Society of New York	New York	1800	Daniel Schenck; John Thompson; Jonah Halsted	P.R. Maverick Liberty St. (E)	societies	blue engraving with added color of two men shaking hands and eagle with American shield
Col. 301	65x030	certificate of approval	Carpenters' Company	Philadelphia, PA	1827	John M. Ogden; Joseph Worrell		carpentry	approval as measurer of carpenter's work
Col. 301	65x618	military commission	State of New York	New York, NY	1810	Robert S. Reade; Daniel D. Tompkins; Daniel Hale		armed forces	commission as lieutenant in militia
Col. 301	67x150.2	certificate of appointment	Postmaster General of the United States of America	Washington City, D.C.	1836	David Reynolds, Esq.; Amos Kendall		postal service	commission as postmaster
Col. 301	68x006.5	marriage certificate			[1850-1899]		F.J. Pilliner (E)	marriage	blank-printed with lithograph of bridal party
Col. 301	68x006.6	baptismal certificate		Pennsylvania	1855	Maria Schneider; Jacob Smith	H. Sebald (E)	baptisms	in German; color lithograph; pictures of wedding and baptism with angels and floral designs
Col. 301	70x034	membership certificate	Marion Chapter No.7 R.A.M.	New London, CT	1841	George C. Wilson	A. Doolittle New Haven (E)	freemasonry	engraving with symbols of masons; ribbon with embossed seal
Col. 301	70x043	membership certificate	Free and Accepted Masons	Canaan, NY	1801	Darius Lewis		freemasonry	illustrations of allegorical figures and symbols of masonry
Col. 301	71x007	membership certificate	Ancient, Regular, Free and Accepted Masons	Jasper, TN	1841	Elijah D. Wheeler	C.C. Torrey Nashv. (E)	freemasonry	engraving of Masonic Hall in Nashville; ribbon with seal and printed ribbon attached
Col. 301	73x077	marriage certificate		Edinburgh	1785	Alexander Spence Goldsmith; Rabbina Wallace;		marriage	marriage certificate
Col. 301	73x219	baptismal certificate		Edinburgh	1789	Alexander Spence Goldsmith; Rabina Wallace; Jean Hallyburton		baptism	baptismal certificate
Col. 301	74x106	marriage certificate		Nottingham, MD	1849	Alphonso Kirk; Mira Kirk		marriage	Quaker marriage certificate with signatures of congregation
Col. 301	74x382.75	membership certificate	Cosmopolitan Art Association	New York, NY	1858	C.L. Derby; M.S. Coburn		art;exhibitions
Col. 301	75x135	certificate of merit	Society for Promoting Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures	Northhampton, MA	1821	Beach Loveland, Northhampton	Ralph Rawdon (E)	societies	detailed illustration of allegorical figures; man in colonial dress with plow; eagle; farm landscape
Col. 301	76x451	marriage certificate		Nazareth, PA	1858	Samuel Hahn, Sophia Weldy, Wm. L. Leunert	Wagner, York (E)	marriage	printed marriage certificate; floral border and clasped hands
Col. 301	77x343.2	membership certificate	Independent Order of Odd Fellows	Boston, MA	1875	E.M.P. Wells	W.H. Dougal Georgetown D.C. (E)	Independent Order of Odd Fellows	vignettes of woman with children; men shaking hands; emblem of Odd Fellows(1834), sun, other symbols; embossed seal
Col. 301	77x439	membership certificate	Middlesex Society of Husbandmen and Manufacturers	Massachusetts	1820	John Skinner, Esq.	J.R. Penniman (artist); Annin & Smith (E)	societies	engraving of two men under a tree
Col. 301	77x455	membership certificate	Benevolent Congregational Society	Providence, RI	1786; 1793	John Howland		societies	printed; ornate border; seal
Col. 301	77x638 (see 90x097)	certificate	Masons	Worcester, MA	1794	Isaiah Thomas; Jonathan Grout, Jr.		freemasonry	handwritten; membership certificate; wax seal with mason's emblem
Col. 301	78x025	liberal arts diploma	Yale College	New Haven, CT	1816	Horatium Hooker	A. Doolittle (E)	education; Yale University	blue embossed ribbon; Latin text
Col. 301	78x026	diploma	Yale College	New Haven, CT	1819	Horatium Hooker	N. & S.S. Jocelyn, N.H. (E)	education; Yale University	Latin text
Col. 301	78x108	certificate of purchase	Auxiliary Mount Vernon Fund	Boston, MA	1859	William Brockbank		Mount Vernon; George Washington	two illustrations of Mount Vernon in 1796
Col. 301	78x187	membership certificate	Library Company of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	1769; 1773	Philip Syng; Fras. Hopkinson; Edmund Physick		Library Company of Philadelphia; libraries	membership certificate for Philip Syng; transferral of holdings to son-in-law Edmund Physick on reverse side
Col. 301	78x249	membership certificate	Essex Agricultural Society of Massachusetts	Essex, MA	1818	James H. Duncan	E.G. Perkins (E)	societies; agriculture	engraving with allegorical figures and symbols
Col. 301	78x298	certificate		Reading, PA	1839	Henrietta Blatt	Egelmann (P)	religion	printed in German; includes 8 stanzas of music; floral wreath borders
Col. 301	79x182	certificate	Chancellor of the State of New York	New York, NY	1842	Joseph Bridgham; Reuben Hyde Walworth	J.H. Hall ? (E)	law	admission as solicitor in court of Chancery of the State of New York; engraving of seal of New York
Col. 301	79x183	certificate	State of New York	New York, NY	1842	Joseph Bridgham; Samuel Nelson	Balch Rawdon & Co. Albany (E)	law	admission as attorney to Supreme Court; engraving of allegorical figure of Justice; seal with portraits
Col. 301	79x323	marriage certificate	State of Tennessee	Gibson County, TN	1867	T. Stone; Fanny Sloton	Trenton Gazette (P)	marriage	illustration of a wedding
Col. 301	80x030.1	membership certificate	Society of Master Sail-Makers	New York, NY	1815	Robert Ferguson; Stephen Aglen		societies; sailmakers	engraved vignettes of sailmaking; sailing ships; allegorical figures
Col. 301	80x187	certificate	The Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry	Providence, RI	18--	James Rhodes	Horton Prov RI (E)	societies; agriculture	engraving of farm scene with cows, tree, and agricultural implements
Col. 301	80x232	membership certificate	Free Masons	Charleston, SC	1789	Benjamin Pitman; A. Alexander		freemasonry	illustrated wtih allegorical figures and masonic symbols; text in Latin, English and French
Col. 301	81x307	one-year pilot certificate	Port of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	1807	John Coppinger		sailing	illustration of lighthouse
Col. 301	82x091	weekly report card	Grammar-School of Columbia College	New York, NY	1833	C. Anthon		education; Columbia College
Col. 301	83x033.1	membership certificate	American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions	Boston, MA	1848	Mrs. E.A. Laurie	Penniman (artist); Annin & Smith (E)	societies	engraving of figures in oriental-type setting looking toward sailing ship and rising sun; title is quote from Isaiah
Col. 301	83x033.2	membership certificate	Boston Seaman's Friend Society	Boston, MA	1850	Ellen A. Laurie; Alpheus Hardy; Frederick A. Benson; Mr. & Mrs. Edward Smith	J.R. Penniman (artist); Annin & Smith, Boston (E)	societies	illustration of Jesus walking on water and saving sailors
Col. 301	83x168	membership certificate	Lodge of Mark Master Masons	Albany, NY	1810	Benjamin Cook; Ezra Ames; James Woods; Jedediah Sanger; Samuel Edmonds		freemasonry
Col. 301	85x195	marriage certificate			1838	John Weist; Elizabeth Maus; Jacob Geiger	Wagner, York (E)	marriage	illustration of floral border; clasped hands
Col. 301	86x110	membership certificate	Society for Promoting Agriculture and Domestic Manufactories	Newburgh, NY	1889	Thomas McKissock	Rawdon & Balch Albany (E)	societies	detailed illustration of farm with trees, cows, and figures
Col. 301	86x180	marriage certificate	Quakers at Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	1768	Edward Dawes; Mercy Gray		marriage	Quaker marriage with signatures of congregation
Col. 301	87x195	one-year membership certificate	Independent Order of the Odd Fellows	Delaware	1873	T.W. Ferree; George C. Morton; John W. Dennison	W.H. Dougal Georgetown D.C. (E)	Independent Order of Odd Fellows	vignettes of mother and children; men shaking hands; seal of odd fellows
Col. 301	90x097(see 77x638)	membership certificate	Masons; Morning Star Lodge	Worcester, MA	1794	Isaiah Thomas; Jonathan Grout, Jr.		freemasonry
Col. 301	94x015	marriage certificate		Wilmington, DE	1873	John Gilbert; Sallie Kirk	Methodish Episcopal Book Room, Philadelphia (P)	marriage	embossed and printed in gold
Col. 301	PH 1153	membership certificate	Society of the Cincinnati	Philadelphia, PA	1784	Benjamin Frothingham		societies	drawn by Aug. L. Belle, engraved by J.J. LeVeau, designed by L'enfant, signed by George Washington and J. Knox
Col. 301 box 1	07x034	membership certificate	New York Benevolent Society of Journeymen Cabinet Makers	NY	1821	George Lansdown; Danl. Turner; Andrew Anderson		societies	illustration of two female figures sitting on couches between a desk and bookcase
Col. 301 box 1	08x101	baptismal certificate	Oxford M.E. Church		1912	Florence Ruth Seiples; Harry & Laura Seiples; A.L. Shalkop		baptisms	color illustration of dove, flowers, and baptismal font
Col. 301 box 1	09x110.31	membership certificate	Good Will Fire Company	Philadelphia, PA	1868	Wm. H. Urian	J. Queen del.; P.S. Duval Sons & Co., Philadelphia	societies	illustrations of fire engines, hats, hoses, burning building; photocopy.
Col. 301 box 1	09x111.4	military commission	Baltimore City Guard	Baltimore, MD	1858	Joseph P. Warner		armed forces	commission for captain of Company A of the city guard battalion; photocopy.
Col. 301 box 1	09x111.5	diploma	King's College (now Columbia University)	New York, NY	1758-1759	Samuel Verplank		education	handwritten diploma with seal; photocopy.
Col. 301 box 1	09x111.8	discharge	Ft. Moore's Company, U.S. Volunteers	Fort George, MD	1813	Thomas Warner, silversmith		armed forces	discharge letter by order of Brig. Gen. Boyd
Col. 301 box 1	09x111.9	resolution	U.S. Congress		1867	Cyrus W. Field			thanks to Field for establishing telegraphic communication by means of atlantic cable across Atlantic Ocean; photocopy.
Col. 301 box 1	12x162.2	Victory Liberty Loan medal	U.S. Treasury Dept.	Washington, D.C.	1918	Mrs. W.A. Jordan		patriotic service	circular silver medal awarded to patriotic service in behalf of the Liberty Loan. Made from captured German cannon.
Col. 301 box 1	12x162.3	medal	Salon d'Art, L'Exposition Universelle de Gand	Ghent, Belgium	1913	Robert Macfarlane Cocks	L.A. De Smeth	medals; photography	man seated at desk
Col. 301 box 1	12x162.4	membership certificate	Skull and Circle Honorary Society of St. John's College and University		1933	George H. MacMurray		societies
Col. 301 box 1	12x162.5	medal						medals	metal box with blue silk ribbon; no information on the outside.
Col. 301 box 1	76x098.1094	marriage certificate		Lebanon Co., PA	1831	Henrich Tyger; Carolina Roth		marriage	handwritten; design border; in color; in German
Col. 301 box 1	76x098.1095	confirmation certificate			1839		Egelmann (P)	confirmation	printed document in German; hymn on reverse
Col. 301 box 1	76x098.2002	membership certificate	Pennsylvania German Society	Philadelphia, PA	1924	David Ellsworth Lick		societies	form of letter
Col. 301 box 2	12x162.1	donation certificate	Memorial Christian Church	Washington, D.C.	1883		Gibson Bros., Printers, Washington	donations	blank form for contributors to church building fund. Lists names of members of Excecutive and General Building Committees.
Col. 301 box 2	63x066	marriage certificate	Quakers at Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	1763	Jesse Kendall; Mary Marshall		marriage	Quaker marriage certificate with signatures of congregation
Col. 301 box 2	63x067	marriage certificate	Quakers at Wilmington	Wilmington, DE	1791	Henry Reynolds; Mary Kendall		marriage	Quaker marriage certificate with signatures of congregation
Col. 301 box 2	63x068	marriage certificate	Quakers at Bradford	Chester County, PA	1763	James Kendall; Susannah Clayton		marriage	Quaker marriage certificate with signatures of congregation
Col. 301 box 2	68x183.34	birth certificate		Bennville, PA	1869	Charles Milton Kissling; Saul Kissling	J.E. Stohlmann (P)	birth certificates	in German; ornate border with biblical scenes
Col. 301 box 2	68x183.35	birth certificate		Schuylkill County, PA	1850	Daniel Isenbach		birth certificates	in German; large designs of angels, birds and eagle; color added
Col. 301 box 2	68x183.36	birth certificate		Seidelberg Township, PA	1849	Levi German	Blumer, Busch, Allentown, PA (P)	birth certificates	in German; large designs of angels, birds and eagle; color added
Col. 301 box 2	68x183.37	birth certificate		Montgomery County, PA	1864	Noah Harwick; Martin Wetzler	Gaeger and Leifenring, Allentown, PA (P)	birth certificates	in German; large designs of angels, birds and eagle; color added
Col. 301 box 2	68x183.38	birth certificate		Heidelberg township, PA	1863	Daniel Burbacher	Th. J. Scheffer - Harrisburg (P)	birth certificates	biblical illustrations; designs of men, birds, books, caryatids, etc.; color added
Col. 301 box 2	68x183.39	birth certificate		Lebanon, PA	1867	Bertley		birth certificates	in German; illustrations of biblical scenes such as the Last Supper; color added
Col. 301 box 2	68x183.40	birth certificate		Berks County, PA	1874	Agnes Magdalena Helbart	R.H.O. Grossmann (P)	birth certificates	in German; illustrations of biblical figures; color added
Col. 301 box 2	68x183.41	birth certificate		Berks County, PA	1887	Robert James Brown	"Eagle" Book Store, 542 Penn St., Reading, PA (P)	birth certificates	illustrations of angels, birds, cherubs; color added
Col. 301 box 2	76x098.1061	incorporation certificate	American Native Men's Beneficial and Charitable Society	Reading, PA	1828	Calvin Blythe, Secretary; Andrew Shulze, Governor		societies
Col. 301 box 2	76x098.1100	marriage certificate		Reading, PA	1836	Daniel Scherman; Maria Morgen	Johann Ritter	marriage	angels, birds in color; in German
Col. 301 box 2	76x098.934	military commission	Militia of Pennsylvania	Schuylkill Co., PA	1826	Jacob Minnig		armed forces	commission for captain of first company of the twelfth battalion
Col. 301 box 2	77x139	membership certificate	True Republican Incorporated Society	Philadelphia, PA	1801	John Weaver, Sr.	John Bower (E)	societies	engraving of allegorical figure, eagle; symbols including snake, broken chain, crown, etc.
Col. 301 box 2	78x305	certificate	Grand Lodge of Masons	Blackstone, MA	1900	Harry Clinton Moore	American Bank Note Co., Boston (E)	freemasonry	engraving of gothic arches; allegorical figures
Col. 301 box 2	79x114	membership certificate	Inscrutable Society	Hanover	1808	Thos. Waterman	Wightman (E)	societies	Indian and eagle on pillars
Col. 301 box 2	79x303	membership certificate	Society of the Cincinnati	Csweco, NY	1849	Samuel Hart	C. Parsons ? (artist); G. & W. Endicott Lith. New York (E)	Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Massachusetts	engraving of allegorical figures, lion, soldiers, sailing ships, eagle; wax sealattached
Col. 301 box 2	80x096	membership certificate	Grand Lodge of Maine	Portland, ME	1848	Rufus K. Sewall	Annin & Smith (E)	freemasonry	allegorical figures; symbols of masons
Col. 301 box 2	80x262.1	certificate of appointment	Postmaster General of the United States of America	Washington City, D.C.	1890	Christian Griffenberg; John Wanamaker		postal service	commission as postmaster of Odessa, Delaware
Col. 301 box 2	82x058	membership certificate	Homoeopathic Medical College	Philadelphia, PA	1850	Charles Wild, M.D.	G. Shoemaker, P.S. Duval's Lithy. Philada. (E)	education; medicine	illustration of building
Col. 301 box 2	82x059	membership certificate	Societate Homoeopathico Medica Massachusettensi	Norfolk, MA	1856	Charles Wilde, M.D.	H. Billings (artist); J. W. Watts, Smith, Knight & Tappan Engs. Boston (E)	societies; medicine	engraving of allegorical figures and symbols of medicine; blue ribbon with embossed stamp
Col. 301 box 2	86x200	marriage certificate	Quakers at Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	1804	Joseph Parry; Anna Shoemaker		marriage	Quaker marriage certificate with signatures of the congregation
Col. 301 box 2	86x201	marriage certificate	Quakers at Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	1789	Joseph Shoemaker; Anne Williams		marriage	Quaker marriage certificate with signatures of the congregation
Col. 301 box 2	97x094.1	donation certificate	Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	1862	Mary Douglas	T. Sinclair's Lith., Philadelphia, PA	donations	color illustration of soldiers in front of saloon, and one being given items by children; Douglas donated boxes of lint
Col. 301 box 2	97x094.2	donation certificate	Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	1863	Mary Douglas	Fred S. Schell (Artist); Ashmead (P); Adrian & Sharp (E)	donations	color illustrations of bunting, canoon, interiors of saloon and hospital; Douglas donated lemons, crackers
Col. 301 box 2	97x094.3	donation certificate	Citizens Volunteer Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	1863	Mary Douglas	P.S. Duval & Son (P); James Queen Lith.	donations	color illustrations of exterior and interior of hospital; Douglas donated money