Certificate of appreciation for work with the "Committee on the Restaurant of the Great Central Fair" containing a border of scenes and vignettes depicting the presence of the Sanitary Commission at the battlefront. Shows commission supply wagons arriving and depositing crates of goods at a campsite; soldiers assisting other soldiers in walking, receiving refreshments, and being transported by a gurney; and an unloaded crate of bottles of beverages, oranges, tins, and bandages. Also contains the seal of "The Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission." Seal depicts the female figure of Charity handing a glass to a soldier attending a wounded soldier., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Rebecca W. English on June 25, 1864. Signed by Jno. Welsh, Chairman of Executive Committee; Mary McHenry, Chairman of Ladies Committee on the Restaurant; Mrs. G. T. Lewis, Vice Chairman; F. P. Steel, Treasurer; Mary P. Norris, Treasurer., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 328, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 8 D 983, Accompanied by P.S. Duval & Son 's "Great Central Fair Buildings, Philadelphia" souvenir card.
