Society of California Pioneers of New England, creator
Published / Created:
[1898?]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 898so
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Society of California Pioneers of New England membership certificate illustrated with scenes of California; View of San Francisco in 1849; Sutter's Mill; Sutter's Fort; Mining scene in early days, and other vignettes
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc72 898so: On sheet 73 x 57 cm. Certificate filled out in manuscript: Simon Mulligan Arrived in California March 13, 1850, having sailed from Boston in ship Argonaut, Oct. 30, 1849, making the passage around Cape Horn in 134 days. Places for signatures of President and Secretary are signed: Chas. A. Dole and Stephen W. Foster. Dated in manuscript: January 24, 1898. and Title from caption.
Publisher:
Society of California Pioneers of New England
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Name):
Society of California Pioneers of New England and Argonaut (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life and Description and travel
Title from first lines of text., A settlement certificate signed, and with seals, by the church wardens, overseers of the poor, and witnesses, for a husband, wife, and their two children in the Parish pf Tamworth in the county of Warwick., "(No. 18)"--Upper left, above coat of arms., Certificate completed in manuscript to establish the right of William Bissell and his family to relief in Tamworth; signed and sealed by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor. Imprint trimmed. For further information, consult library staff., and Annotated in blank ink on verso: No. 153, Wm. Bissells certificate from Tamworth.
Title devised by cataloger., Imprint at foot of sheet on page [2]., Form completed in ink, manuscript docket title on verso; receipt made out to "J. Messer", dated 1799, and records payment of a bill for £6 7s. 2d. Blind stamped in the center., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Smeeton, 148, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross
Title devised by cataloger., Imprint at foot of sheet on page [2]., Form completed in ink, manuscript docket title on verso; receipt made out to "James Messer", dated 1800, and records payment of a bill for £6 7s. 2d. Blind stamped in the center., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title devised by cataloger., Imprint at foot of sheet on page [2]., Form completed in ink, manuscript docket title on verso; receipt made out to "James Messer", dated 1803, and records payment of a bill for £8 17s. 2d. Blind stamped in the center., and For further information, consult library staff.
