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Civil War certificates containing patriotic designs. [graphic].
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Contributor
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Printer: King & Baird, printer.
Printer: McLaughlin Brothers, printer.
Title
Civil War certificates containing patriotic designs. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia,
Date
1861-ca. 1863.
Extent
6 prints: 3 wood engraving, color with letterpress; 3 wood engraving with letterpress; most 14 x 21 cm.(5.25 x 8.5 in.) or smaller.
Description
Includes military enlistment certificates, a hospital discharge certificate, and a certificate of donation printed by Philadelphia printers King & Baird and Mclaughlin Brothers. Designs depict soldiers, the figure of Liberty, and the Constitution. Companies include Pennsylvania Volunteers; Philadelphia Fire Zouaves (72nd Regiment, P.V.); the 119th Regiment, P.V.; and First Regiment Reserve Brigade, P.V. Other organizations include Church of the Evangelists and Chesapeake General Hospital.
Notes
Two of the certificates contain manuscript notes about prices.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies.
Genre
Wood engravings 1860-1870.
Wood engravings Color 1860-1870.
Certificates 1860-1870.
Certificates Color 1860-1870.
Subject
Pennsylvania. Militia. Reserve Infantry Regiment, 1st.
Chesapeake General Hospital (Fort Monroe, Va.)
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Evangelists (Philadelphia, Pa.)
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 72nd (1861-1864)
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 119th (1862-1865)
United States. Constitution
Liberty.
Soldiers.
Spatial coverage
Pennsylvania--Militia.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Is part of
Civil War Miscellany
Call number
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Philadelphia certificates - Civil War [5786.F.65e&f;77b;128b&c;180a]
Accession number
5786.F.65e
5786.F.65f
5786.F.77b
5786.F.128b
5786.F.128c
5786.F.180
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