Membership certificate for the fraternal, nativist organization containing patriotic vignettes and pictorial details adorning and bordering an ornamented arch. Includes portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in addition to state seals, the figures of Liberty and Justice, American flags, and the American eagle and shield. OUAM, founded in Philadelphia in 1845 as the Union of Workers, was an anti-immigration, anti-Catholic benevolent society that provided its white, native-born members with sick and funeral funds., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Brother A. H. Alexander on January 23, 1872. Signed by Geo. H. Kidder, Councillor and Wm. B. [Pierez?], Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 159, Patton worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1852-ca. 1897., American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Patt Hone, See "Order of the United Daughters of America." HSP Bc 052 U58.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Patt Hone
