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- Title
- John Kean, on the corner of Market and Third Streets Philadelphia, [blank] 1783. [blank] bought of John Kean
- Description
- A blank invoice form., The illustration is a woodcut of a spinning wheel., Not in Evans, Bristol, or Shipton & Mooney., Library Company copy completed in MS. for July 3, 1783, William Sample's purchase of corduroy, muslin, silk, and chintz; from the McAllister Collection., NEH-Readex: Not in Readex; not at AAS.
- Creator
- Kean, John, 1762-1818
- Date
- [1783]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1783 Kean 7311.F.6 (McAllister)
- Title
- Marriage certificate This is to certify, that Mr. [blank] and M[blank] [blank] were by me united in matrimony, this [blank] day of [blank] one thousand eight hundred and [blank] according to law, and the custom of the church
- Description
- At head of title: "Whom God has joined together, let no man put asunder.", Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 15.6 x 21.1 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Martin Mellinger and Miss Sarah Burry [i.e. Barry], married Dec. 13, 1864, by Rev. F.W. Kremer; with a five-cent stamp attached., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitied by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [not after 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Marri 16513.Q (Doret)
- Title
- Marriage certificate This is to certify, that Mr. [blank] and M[blank] [blank] were by me united in matrimony, this [blank] day of [blank] one thousand eight hundred and [blank] according to law, and the custom of the church
- Description
- At head of title: "Whom God has joined together, let no man put asunder.", Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 15.6 x 21.1 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Martin Mellinger and Miss Sarah Burry [i.e. Barry], married Dec. 13, 1864, by Rev. F.W. Kremer; with a five-cent stamp attached., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitied by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [not after 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Marri 16513.Q (Doret)
- Title
- French millinery, and fancy dress making establishment
- Description
- Caption title., Blank order form, p. [3], dated: 183[blank]., Madame Gaubert is listed in Philadelphia directories from 1831 to 1842; she is listed at this address from 1831 to 1833, but by 1835 is listed at 221 Chestnut Street., Printed on p. [1] and [3] only., Not in Checklist Amer. imprints., Library Company copy has Mme. Gaubert's MS. notes.
- Creator
- Gaubert, Madame
- Date
- [between 1831 and 1834?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1831 Gaubert 14395.Q
- Title
- [Materials relating to Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil, manufactured and marketed by Wm. Renne & Sons, of Pittsfield, Mass.]
- Description
- Collection title devised by cataloger., Contents: [1] Will the family of the house please read!, [1869] -- [2] Invoice, dated July 27, 1872, to C.N. Williams, Elizabethtown, N.Y. -- [3] MS. letter on letterhead, dated June 27, 1876, to Mrs. Phebe M. Whitman, Eaton St., Providence, R.I., signed by Z.C. Renne, 3 leaves -- [4] MS. letter on letterhead, dated Jan. 3, 1873, to C.N. Williams, Elizabethtown, N.Y., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Wm. Renne & Sons
- Date
- [1869-1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine 111879.O (Helfand)
- Title
- [Collection of advertisements and other promotional materials relating to proprietary medicines manufactured by the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, of Lynn, Mass.]
- Description
- Collection title devised by cataloger., Lydia Estes Pinkham founded the company in 1873, and patented her best-known medicine, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, in 1876. The company also produced Sanative Wash, Blood Purifier, and Liver Pills. It remained in the family until 1968, when it was sold to Cooper Laboratories of Connecticut., Contents: [1] Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a positive cure for all those painful complaints and weaknesses so common to our best female population. ... Sold by W.G. Sprague, druggist, Vergennes, Vt. -- [2] MS. letter on letterhead, dated Oct. 20, 1888, addressed to Mrs. Jas Pequegnat, and signed "Mrs. Pinkham" -- [3] Letterhead, with small portrait of Lydia E. Pinkham above life dates -- [4] Nerve strain. The busy lives of American women. The cause of their ill health, and the remedy. Written by Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, of Lynn Mass., and published in the Boston Globe -- [5] Lydia E. Pinkham's four remedies -- [6] Guide for women to a knowledge and cure of prolapsus uteri (falling of the womb) and all painful complaints and weaknesses so common to our best female population, all of which can be permanently cured, provided the Pinkham preparations are used faithfully, copyright 1893 -- [7] Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and other remedies, with an order blank, and two questionnaires offering a free copy of Elbert Hubbard's biography of Pinkham or a sewing kit to any woman who responds -- [8] Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and other remedies, with an order blank for Lydia E. Pinkham's private text book upon ailments peculiar to women -- [9] For those who wish to know something of what Lydia E. Pinkham's medicines have done, the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn, Massachusetts, encloses the following testimony -- [10] Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier cures all impurities of the blood. For sale here, with a portrait of Lydia E. Pinkham on the verso, signed: Forbes Co. Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
- Date
- [1876-]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine 11779.F (Helfand)
- Title
- [Collection of 19th-century matriculation tickets, lecture admission cards, schedule cards, and graduation tickets from various colleges of medicine and pharmacy.]
- Description
- Collection title devised by cataloger., 11501.F.1 Berkshire Medical Institution, Pittsfield, Mass.: [a] matriculation ticket for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Alonzo Clark, Aug. 11, 1847 -- [b] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by B.R. Palmer, Aug. 1847 -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry, botany, and natural philosophy for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Chester Dewey, Aug. 5, 1847 -- [d] admission to lectures on general and special pathology for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Alonzo Clark, Aug. 1847 -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica, and medical jurisprudence for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Abner H. Brown, Aug. 1847 -- [f] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by Gilman Kimball, Aug. 1847 -- [g] admission to lectures on theory and practice of medicine and obstetrics for Joseph D. Nichols, signed by H.H. Childs, Aug. 1847., 11501.F.2 College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York: [a] matriculation ticket, no. 45, 1833-34, for Warren Thrall, signed by N.H. Dering, signed on verso by J.D. Jaques and A.C. Post -- [b] order of lectures for the 27th session, 1833-34 -- [c] admission to New York Hospital for Warren Thrall, signed by John Adams, Nov. 11, 1833; illustrated card engraved by Elkanah Tisdale -- [d] admission to lectures on anatomy & physiology by J. Augustine Smith, for Warren Thrall, no. 21, 1833-34 -- [e] admission to lectures on chemistry and botany by John Torrey, for Warren Thrall, no. 26, 1833-34; card engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Co. -- [f] admission to lectures on materia medica by John B. Beck, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34 -- [g] admission to lectures on medical jurisprudence by John B. Beck, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34; card engraved by Joseph Perkins -- [h] admission to lectures on obstetrics and the diseases of women & children by Edward Delafield, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34; card engraved by Peter Maverick -- [i] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery by Alexander H. Stevens, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34; card illustrated with unidentified portrait -- [j] admission to lectures on theory and practice of physic, and clinical medicine by Joseph Mather Smith, for Warren Thrall, 1833-34 -- [k] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery, and surgical anatomy by Willard Parker, for John Moneypenny, 1849-50., 11501.F.3 Columbia College (New York, N.Y.). College of Physicians and Surgeons: [a] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology by Alexander Ramsay, for Henry U. Onderdonk, 1st course, no. 14, Nov. 21, 1807; illustrated card engraved by Francis Kearny -- [b] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology by Alexander Ramsay, for Henry U. Onderdonk, 2nd course; illustrated card engraved by Francis Kearny -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry by John Griscom, for Henry U. Onderdonk; card printed by Samuel Wood -- [d] admission to lectures on chemistry and legal medicine by James S. Stringham, for Henry U. Onderdonk, Nov. 17, 1807 -- [e] admission to lectures on medical jurisprudence by John Ordronaux, at Columbia College Law School, for Miss Sarah Kingsbury, 1860 -- [f] matriculation ticket for John Morgan M.D., Feb. 26, 1885., 11501.F.4 Female Medical College of Pennsylvania: [a] admission to lectures on chemistry & toxicology by Clinton Gillingham, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1854-55 -- [b] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women and children by Sylvester Birdsell, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1855-56 -- [c] admission to lectures on surgery by K.G. Thomas, for Rebecca L. Fussell, no. 14, Oct. 3, 1855 -- [d] admission to lectures on general and special anatomy by Edwin Fussell, for Rebecca L. Fussell, Oct. 1, 1856 -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica and general therapeutics by Mark G. Ker, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1856-57 -- [f] admission to lectures on practice of medicine by Ellwood Harvey, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1856-57 -- [g] admission to lectures on principles and practice of surgery by Henry J. Brown, for Rebecca L. Fussell, 1856-57 -- [h] matriculation ticket for Rebecca L. Fussell, Nov. 1857, signed by Edwin Fussell -- [i] admission to lectures on physiology by Ann Preston, for Rebecca L. Fussell, no. 6, 1857-58 -- [j] admission to lectures on the principles and practice of medicine by Isaac Comly, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, for Jennie Stevenson, 20th session, Oct. 1869., 11501.F.5 Harvard Medical School: [a] admission to lectures on practical anatomy, for Henry Blanchard, Nov. 7, 1838 -- [b] admission to lectures on theory and practice of physic by John Ware, for Henry Blanchard, Nov. 7, 1838; card engraved by W.S. Pendleton and James Eddy -- [c] matriculation ticket for Henry Blanchard, Nov. 6, 1839, signed by Walter Channing -- [d] admission to lectures on materia medica by Edward H. Clarke, for George E. Stubbs, Nov. 1862 -- [e] third course ticket, admission to medical lectures, for George C. Shattuck, 1865; card engraved by John B. Bolton., 11501.F.6 Jefferson Medical College: [a] order of lectures, session of 1848-49 -- [b] admission to lectures on chemistry by Franklin Bache, for Henry Woddrop, Oct. 19, 1849 -- [c] admission to lectures on general, descriptive, and surgical anatomy by Joseph Pancoast, for Henry Woddrop, Nov. 1849 -- [d] admission to lectures on institutes of medicine &c. by Robley Dunglison, for Henry Woddrop, 1849-50 -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica and general therapeutics by Robert M. Huston, for Henry Woddrop, Nov. 1849 -- [f] admission to lectures on midwifery & diseases of women & children by Charles D. Meigs, for Henry Woddrop, Oct. 1849 -- [g] matriculation ticket for Delavan Bloodgood M.D. U.S.N., signed by Robley Dunglison, Nov. 26, 1861 -- [h] Winter examination by Drs. Warder, McArthur, Leaman and Hatfield, 1871., 11501.F.7 Medical School of Maine: [a] admission to lectures on materia medica and therapeutics by William C. Robinson, for William B. Swasey, Feb. 1865 -- [b] admission to lectures on the theory and practice of medicine by Israel T. Dana, for William B. Swasey, Feb. 1865., 11501.F.8 New Hampshire Medical Institution: [a] admission to lectures on anatomy and physiology by E.R. Peaslee, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 3, 1843 -- [b] admission to lectures on chemistry and pharmacy by Oliver P. Hubbard, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 1843; card engraved by Daggett, Hinman & Co. -- [c] admission to lectures on surgery and obstetrics by Dixi Crosby, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 3, 1843 -- [d] admission to lectures on the theory and practice of physic by Joseph Roby, for Joseph D. Nichols, Aug. 3, 1843 -- [e] Dartmouth. Graduating exercises of the Medical Department, 1877 Tuesday evening, Oct. 30th., 11501.F.9 New York Post-Graduate Medical School: [a] admission to the Department of Clinical Obstetrics, Prof. E.L. Partridge, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [b] admission to the Department of Diseases of the Eye and Ear, Prof. D.B. St. John Roosa, Associate Prof. W.O. Moore, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [c] admission to the Department of Diseases of the Throat, Prof. C. Wagner, Associate Prof. F. Whiting, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883, no. 13; ink stamp on verso -- [d] admission to the Department of Histological and Pathological Anatomy, Prof. T.E. Satterthwaite, Assoc. Prof. W.H. Porter, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883, no. 20; ink stamp on verso -- [e] admission to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Mechanical Therapeutics, Prof. M. Josiah Roberts, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [f] admission to the Department of Physical Diagnosis, Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, Prof. T.W. Satterthwaite, Prof. A.H. Smith, for John Morgan, Oct. 19-Dec. 7, 1883; ink stamp on verso -- [9] admission to the Department of Applied Anatomy, Prof. A.L. Ranney, for John Morgan, May 6-June 24, 1884., 11501.F.10 Rutgers Medical College, New York, N.Y.: [a] admission to lectures on anatomy by John D. Godman, for Isaac M. Ward, 1826-27; illustrated card engraved by William Kneass -- [b] admission to lectures on chemistry by John Griscom, for Isaac M. Ward, 1826-27; illustrated card engraved by Peter Maverick -- [c] admission to lectures on obstetrics and forensic medicine by John W. Francis, for Isaac M. Ward, no. 62, 1826-27; illustrated card -- [d] admission to lectures on principles & practice of surgery by Valentine Mott, for Isaac M. Ward, 1826-27; illustrated card signed: Prud'homme sc. 1823 -- [e] admission to lectures on theory & practice of physic and clinical medicine by David Hosack, for Isaac M. Ward, no. 94, Nov. 6, 1826 -- [f] admission to lectures on therapeutics & materia medica by W.J. MacNeven, for Isaac M. Ward, no. 83, Nov. 1826 -- [g] matriculation ticket for William P. Vail, signed by Valentine Mott, no. 123, 1827-28., 11501.F.11 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine: [a] admission to lectures on the institutes of medicine by Samuel Jackson, for Ephraim F. Leake, Nov. 8, 1843 -- [b] admission to lectures on practical anatomy by W.E. Horner and P.B. Goddard, for Ephraim F. Leake, Nov. 9, 1843; illustrated card has portrait of P.S. Physick engraved by Robert Tiller Jr. -- [c] Spring course of lectures and clinics, March 20 to June 17, 1871 -- [d] admission to lectures on the institutes of medicine by Francis G. Smith, for Charles M. Seltzer, 1876-77., 11501.F.12 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. Eugene A. Grove, session 1867-1868: [a] matriculation ticket, signed by R.E. Rogers, Oct. 21, 1867; engraved illustration of university buildings -- [b] admission to lectures on anatomy by Joseph Leidy -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry by R.E. Rogers -- [d] admission to lectures on materia medica & pharmacy by Joseph Carson -- [e] admission to lectures on operative surgery by Henry H. Smith -- [f] admission to practical anatomy, D. Hayes Agnew demonstrator; engraved illustration of a skull., 11501.F.13 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. Eugene A. Grove, session 1868-1869: [a] matriculation ticket, signed by R.E. Rogers, Oct. 17, 1868; engraved illustration of university buildings -- [b] schedule card, session of 1868-69 -- [c] admission to lectures on anatomy by Joseph Leidy -- [d] admission to lectures on chemistry by R.E. Rogers -- [e] admission to lectures on materia medica & pharmacy by Joseph Carson -- [f] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women & children by R.A.F. Penrose -- [g] admission to lectures on principles & practice of surgery by Henry H. Smith -- [h] admission to lectures on theory and practice of medicine by Alfred Stillé., 11501.F.14 University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. Eugene A. Grove, session 1869-1870: [a] matriculation ticket, signed by R.E. Rogers, Oct. 18, 1869; engraved illustration of university buildings -- [b] schedule card, session of 1869-70 -- [c] admission to lectures on anatomy by Joseph Leidy -- [d] admission to lectures on chemistry by R.E. Rogers -- [e] admission to lectures on the institutes of medicine by Francis G. Smith -- [f] admission to lectures on materia medica & pharmacy by Joseph Carson -- [g] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women & children by R.A.F. Penrose -- [h] admission to lectures on principles & practice of surgery by Henry H. Smith -- [h] admission to lectures on theory and practice of medicine by Alfred Stillé -- [j] Winter examinations by Drs. Woods, Norris, and Hunter, signed by H.B. Hare., 11501.F.15 Yale College (1718-1887). Medical Institution: [a] Yale Private Medical School admission card for Paul Mundé, winter term 1863-64, signed by Worthington Hooker -- [b] admission card for John Morgan, Sept. 1867, signed by C.A. Lindsley -- [c] admission to lectures on chemistry by Benjamin Silliman, for John Morgan, 1868-69 -- [d] admission to lectures on histology, pathology and microscopy by Moses C. White, for John Morgan, 1868-69 -- [e] admission to lectures on obstetrics and diseases of women and children by Stephen G. Hubbard, for John Morgan, 1868-69; card lithographed by Punderson & Crisand -- [f] admission to lectures on the theory and practice of medicine by Charles L. Ives, for John Morgan, 1868-69; card lithographed by Punderson & Crisand., 11501.F.16 Pharmacy colleges: [a] Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, commencement ticket, May 22, 1872, at Horticultural Hall, Geo. F.H. Markoe, dean -- [b] Parrish's School of Practical Pharmacy, admission card for S.J. Stevenson, 1869, signed by Edward Parrish, lecturer, Clemmons Parrish, demonstrator -- [c] Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, admission to lectures on pharmacy by William Procter Jr., for Adolph W. Miller, 1861-62 -- [d] Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, admission to lectures on materia medica and botany by John M. Maish, for John Brewster Reynolds, 1879-80 -- [e] Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, commencement ticket, March 16, 1880, at the Academy of Music., 11501.F.17 Miscellaneous: [a] admission to lectures on materia medica and practical chemistry by Samuel Stratten, for K.R. Risk -- [b] Bellevue Hospital Medical College, general ticket, 1863-64, for John Kirker, signed by Isaac E. Taylor, president, and Austin Flint Jr., secretary -- [c] Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, schedule card, 1865-66 -- [d] Edinburgh City Hospital, admission card for Edgar Cyriax, winter session, Jan. to March 1898, signed by Claude B. Ker -- [e] Iowa University. College of Physicians & Surgeons [Keokuk?], admission to practical anatomy, session 185[blank] -- [f] Louisville Medical College, admission to practical anatomy by Geo. J. Cook, for C. Keefer, 1876-77 -- [g] Philadelphia Dental College, admission to lectures on dental pathology and therapeutics by J. Foster Flagg, for Frank A. Monroe, 1883-84 -- [h] University of Edinburgh, admission to lectures on anatomy, sound & morbid, and pathology by Alexander Monro, for John Wilson, 22 April 1844; card has portrait of Alexander Monro Secundus -- [i] University of Louisville Medical Department, admission to lectures on medical chemistry and toxicology by James W. Holland, for James W. Noel of Arkansas, 1871-72; card lithographed by German & Bro., Louisville, Ky. -- [j] University of the City of New York Medical Department, commencement ticket, March 6, 1888, Metropolitan Opera House, Charles Inslee Pardee, dean -- [k] University of the State of New York, College of Physicians & Surgeons of the Western District, admission to lectures on surgery by John Delamater, for Leonard G. Haskins, 1834-35 -- [l] University of Vermont Medical Department, admission to Mary Fletcher Hospital for M.L. Michael, 1882, signed by A.J. Millard, supt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [1807-1898]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine Admission cards 11501.F (Helfand) BOX
- Title
- Trade cards, advertisements, and bill heads for Philadelphia merchants
- Description
- Contents: [1] J. Yeager engraver Juniper first door below Chesnut & Race Street 103 Philada. -- [2] Printing done with expedition and care, by Richard Folwell, No. 33, Carter's Alley -- [3] Jonathan Meredith, tanner and currier, Philadelphia -- [4] Spectacles, hardware in general also whips and canes of every description, made and sold by John McAllister, No. 48 Chesnut Street Philadelphia -- [5] Edward Penington sugar refiner No. 155 Sassafras Street, Philada. lump -- [6] Jno. P. & Chas. Wetherill, manufacturers of white lead, billhead, dated May 23, 1829, and addressed in MS. to Messrs Pleasants & Graff -- [7] Carpenter's chemical warehouse Philadelphia -- [8] Superior black ink ... Clemens & Baker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Zinman, Michael, collector
- Date
- [between 1797 and 1847?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Zinman Trade cards 111893.O (Zinman)
- Title
- Geburt- und Tauf-zeugniss Den beiden christlichen Ehegatten: [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] geborne [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] Tag im [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn ein tausend acht hundert und [blank] (18[blank]). Dieses Kind ist geboren in [blank], in [blank] County, im Staate [blank] Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika, und erhielt durch die heilige Taufe den Namen [blank] am [blank] Tag im [blank] im Jahre 18[blank] von [blank] Namen der Tauf-Zeugen: [blank]
- Description
- Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.3 x 23.2 cm, Library Company copy completed in MS. for Maria Wetzel, born Feb. 17, 1860 in Mahatongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., the daughter of Joseph and Regina Schneider Wetzel, baptized March 18, 1860 by Rev. Isaac Stiely., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [not after 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1860 Gebur 11397.F (Doret)
- Title
- Geburt- und Tauf-zeugniss Den beiden christlichen Ehegatten: [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] geborne [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] Tag im [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn ein tausend acht hundert und [blank] (18[blank]). Dieses Kind ist geboren in [blank], in [blank] County, im Staate [blank] Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika, und erhielt durch die heilige Taufe den Namen [blank] am [blank] Tag im [blank] im Jahre 18[blank] von [blank] Namen der Tauf-Zeugen: [blank]
- Description
- Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.3 x 23.2 cm, Library Company copy completed in MS. for Maria Wetzel, born Feb. 17, 1860 in Mahatongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., the daughter of Joseph and Regina Schneider Wetzel, baptized March 18, 1860 by Rev. Isaac Stiely., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [not after 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1860 Gebur 11397.F (Doret)
- Title
- Record of birth & baptism Unto these two parents: [blank] and his wife [blank] a daughter of [blank] was born a [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of our Lord 18[blank] This child was born in [blank] county of [blank] state of [blank] was baptized by [blank] and received the name of [blank] Witness: [blank]
- Description
- At foot: +27., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 23.5 x 31.0 cm., Library Company copy hand-colored; completed in MS. for Lydian Wolfskill (later Artz), born Dec. 13, 1866 in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pa., daughter of John and Elizabeth Mesner Wolfskill, baptized by Daniel Hertz, witness Elizabeth Wolfskill., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [not after 1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1866 Record 9533.F (Roughwood)
- Title
- Record of birth & baptism To these two parents: as [blank] and his wife [blank] a daughter of [blank] was born a [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of our Lord 18[blank] This child was born in [blank] in [blank] county, in the state of [blank] in North America; was baptized by the Rev'd. [blank] and received the name of [blank] Witnesses: [blank]
- Description
- Printed area, including color-printed ornamental border, measures 35.5 x 26.4 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Tyrus Franklin Zerbe, born Aug. 8, 1873 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa., son of George and Mary Donmoyer Zerbe; he was baptized by Rev. Elias S. Henry Oct. 26, 1873, with Adam and Sarah Donmoyer Lengel as witnesses., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [not after 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1873 Record 9637.F (Roughwood)
- Title
- Record of birth & baptism To these two parents: as [blank] and his wife [blank] a daughter of [blank] was born a [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of our Lord 18[blank] This child was born in [blank] in [blank] county, in the state of [blank] in North America; was baptized by the Rev'd. [blank] and received the name of [blank] Witnesses: [blank]
- Description
- Printed area, including color-printed ornamental border, measures 35.5 x 26.4 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Tyrus Franklin Zerbe, born Aug. 8, 1873 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa., son of George and Mary Donmoyer Zerbe; he was baptized by Rev. Elias S. Henry Oct. 26, 1873, with Adam and Sarah Donmoyer Lengel as witnesses., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [not after 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1873 Record 9637.F (Roughwood)
- Title
- Geburts- und Tauf-Schein Den beiden Ehegatten, als: [blank] und seiner Ehefrau [blank] eine geborne [blank] beide wohnhaft in [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren den [blank] im Jahr Christi 18[blank] Dieses Kind wurde hierauf getauft den [blank] durch Herrn Pfarrer [blank] und erhielt [blank] Namen [blank] Die Taufzeugen waren: [blank]
- Description
- A birth and baptismal certificate, with verse in six numbered stanzas; first line: Ich bin Getauft auf deinen Namen,., Printed in Reutlingen, Germany, in the 1830s by B.G. Kurtz for the American market. At head of ornamental border is an eagle with a shield, and the banner: E pluribus unum., Printed area, including hand-painted ornamental border, measures 37.4 x 28.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [183-?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1830 Geburts 9639.F (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1830 Geburts 9640.F (Roughwood)
- Title
- Geburts- und Tauf-Schein Den beiden Ehegatten, als: [blank] und seiner Ehefrau [blank] eine geborne [blank] beide wohnhaft in [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren den [blank] im Jahr Christi 18[blank] Dieses Kind wurde hierauf getauft den [blank] durch Herrn Pfarrer [blank] und erhielt [blank] Namen [blank] Die Taufzeugen waren: [blank]
- Description
- A birth and baptismal certificate, with verse in six numbered stanzas; first line: Ich bin Getauft auf deinen Namen,., Printed in Reutlingen, Germany, in the 1830s by B.G. Kurtz for the American market. At head of ornamental border is an eagle with a shield, and the banner: E pluribus unum., Printed area, including hand-painted ornamental border, measures 37.4 x 28.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [183-?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1830 Geburts 9639.F (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1830 Geburts 9640.F (Roughwood)
- Title
- Geburts- und Taufschein Den beiden Ehegatten, als: [blank] [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] eine geborne [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] 18[blank] im Jahre Herrn [blank] Diese [blank] wurde geboren in [blank] County, im Statte [blank] in Nordamerika, und wurde getauft und erhielt den Namen [blank] am [blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn 18[blank] von Herrn [blank] Die Taufzeugen waren: [blank]
- Description
- Copyright 1849 by Augs. Kollner., Printed area, including hand-colored ornamental border, measures 33.3 x 22.4 cm., Library Company copy 9644.F completed in MS. for Albert Moriz Althaus [later Morris A. Althouse], born May 15, 1858 in Centre Township, Berks County, Pa., son of Solomon H. and Esther Althaus Althaus, baptized Aug. 15, 1858, by Rev. Isaac Miesse, sponsored by Jacob and Catharina Nafzinger; imperfect: torn, affecting some text., Library Company copy 11396.F is blank., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [1849]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1849 Gebur 9644.F (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1849 Gebur 11396.F (Doret)
- Title
- Record of birth & baptism Unto these two parents: [blank] and his wife [blank] a daughter of [blank] was born a [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of our Lord 18[blank] This child was born in [blank] county of [blank] state of [blank] was baptized by [blank] and received the name of [blank] Witness: [blank]
- Description
- At foot: +27., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 23.5 x 31.0 cm., Library Company copy hand-colored; completed in MS. for Lydian Wolfskill (later Artz), born Dec. 13, 1866 in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pa., daughter of John and Elizabeth Mesner Wolfskill, baptized by Daniel Hertz, witness Elizabeth Wolfskill., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [not after 1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1866 Record 9533.F (Roughwood)
- Title
- Confirmations-Schein Es wird hiermit bescheinigt, dass [blank] nachdem [blank] in den Grundlehren und Pflichten der christlichen Religion gehorig unterrichtet, durch die Confirmation in die volle Gemeinschafte der [blank] aufgenommen worden ist, den [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn Ein Tausend Acht Hundert und [blank]
- Description
- Confirmation certificate issued by the Reformed Church containing a scene of a confirmation class, and Biblical passages, a confirmation poem, and text in German. Scene depicts a pastor at the altar of a church attending to four men and a woman kneeling in prayer in front of him. Also shows curved stairways in the background and the baptismal font in the foreground. Bible passages include Isaiah 54:10, Matthew 11:28, Deuteronomy 29:9, Mark 8:34, and Rev. 2:10. Also contains an ornamental border., Johanna Dorothea Wollenweber is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1854 to 1857; M.H. Traubel is listed at this address from 1854 to 1856., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 22.7 x 17.6 cm.L, Not in: Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 42, Library Company copy completed in MS. for Amanda H. Beitenman, confirmed March 29, 1857 by Rev. A.L. Dechant, in Keeler's Church, Frederick, Montgomery County, Pa.
- Date
- [between 1854 and 1856?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1854 Confirm 14331.Q (Roughwood)
- Title
- Confirmations-Schein Es wird hiermit bescheinigt, dass [blank] nachdem [blank] in den Grundlehren und Pflichten der christlichen Religion gehorig unterrichtet, durch die Confirmation in die wolle Gemeinschaft der [blank] aufgenommen worden ist, den [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn Ein Tausend Acht hHundert und [blank]
- Description
- Confirmation certificate issued by the Reformed Church containing a scene of a confirmation class, Biblical passages, a confirmation poem, and text in German. Scene depicts a pastor at the altar of a church attending to four men and a woman kneeling in prayer in front of him. Also shows curved stairways in the background and the baptismal font in the foreground. Bible passages include Isaiah 54:10, Matthew 11:28, Deuteronomy 29:9, Mark 8:34, and Rev. 2:10. Also contains an ornamental border., Johanna Dorothea Wollenweber is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1858 to 1864; Schnabel & Finkeldey is listed from 1858 to 1863., Printed area, including ornament border, measures 22.6 x 17.6 cm., Not: in Wainwright., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Polly Rieth, confirmed May 6, 1858, by Rev. Augustus Bergner in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Upper Mahantango, Pa., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 43
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1858 Confirm 14332.Q (Roughwood)
- Title
- Geburts- und Taufschein Den beiden Ehegatten, als: [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] eine geborne [blank] is ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] 18[blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn 18[blank] Diese [blank] wurde geboren in [blank] [blank] County, im Staat [blank] in Nordamerika, und wurde getauft und erhielt den Namen [blank] am [blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn 18[blank] von Herrn [blank] Die Taufzeugen waren: [blank]
- Description
- Carl L. Rademacher is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1846 to 1848., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 36.4 x 27.8 cm, Library Company copy hand colored; completed in MS. for Maria Bolich (later Koch), born Oct. 11, 1848 in East Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., daughter of William and Maria Sechler Bolich; she was baptized Dec. 19, 1848 by Rev. Jäger; godparents Jesse and Katharina Sechler., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [not after 1848]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1848 Gebur 11399.F (Doret)
- Title
- Geburts und Taufschein Diesen beyden Ehegatten, als: [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] geborne [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] Tag [blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn, 18[blank] Diese [blank] ist geborne in [blank] in [blank] Caunty, im Staat [blank] in Nord Amerika; und erhielt durch die Heil. Taufe den Namen [blank] den [blank] Tag [blank] im Jahre 18[blank] von dem Ehrw. Hrn. [blank] Die Tauf-Zeugen waren: [blank] [blank]
- Description
- Putto with letter and posthorn at head; angels and birds flanking text; with type-set verse; printed area measures 36.9 x 30.5 cm, Library Company copy hand colored; completed in MS. for Martin Kelchner, son of Jacob and Anna Sheirer Kelchner, born April 11, 1841 in Richmond Township, Berks Co., Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [not after 1841]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1841 Gebur 11405.F (Doret)