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Title: [Business stationery of Caswell, Massey & Co., chemists & druggists, New York]
Description: Includes a prescription sheet used as stationery, a memorandum, and billhead containing type and ornate lettering and pictorial details. Details depict trademarks designed as coats of arms. Trademarks include animal figures, the neck of a flask, and the date of establishment: 1780. Caswell, Maswell & Co., established in 1752 by Dr. William Hunter of Newport, R.I., was assumed by his apprentice Charles Feke in 1780. The business originally an apothecary shop, started to specialize in personal care and hygiene products in the 1780s, and was reorganized as Caswell, Massey & Co. in 1876., Title supplied by cataloger., P.2011.46.30 completed in manuscript on December 19, 1883 to Mr. J. N. Hegeman, Secy., College of Pharmacy of City of New York, from Josiah B. Lawrence about enclosed payment of $10., P.2011.46.31 completed in manuscript to O. J. Griffin, College of Pharmacy of City of New York, on June 4, 1888 from W. M. Massey about "[his] committees not [being] able to devote any further time this year to soliciting ads.", P.2011.46.32 completed in manuscript to [The Hoffman Store?] on June 1, 1894 for "To 6 Bats? and Phosphates" for $2.25. Stamped Paid: June 16, 1894 Caswell, Massey & co. Per N.W. Emlee, 1121 Broadway., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.30-32]

Title: Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Company [stock certificate]
Description: Stock certificate containing an image of a steamship; the Pennsylvania coat of arms; and an ornamental stamp and border. Company established in 1866., Not in Wainwright., Issued to S[amue]l W. Welsh for twenty shares on February 11, 1868. Signed by S[tephen] Flanagan, president; and Wm. S. Malcolm, treasurer., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 188, Gift of Mrs. Nicholas B. Wainwright.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Philadelphia Certificates - Transportation [P.9408.11]

Title: Second Regiment Infantry Corps National Guards First Brigade Headquarters N.G. of PA. Company [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing patriotic, state, and National Guard iconography. Includes the Pennsylvania coat of arms bordered by American flags; two National Guard members in uniform with one holding a rifle and the other a sword; and the" N.G." insignia surrounded by a pyramid of cannon balls, and cannons, drum, flags, and wagon wheels over the banner with the motto "Non Sibi Sed Patria," i.e. "Not Self but Country." Also shows an American eagle perched on top of the seal. The Pennsylvania Militia was legally renamed the National Guard of Pennsylvania in 1870., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by John Coakley., Isssued to Charles H. Speckman elected as honorary member of G. Company, Second Regiment, N.G. of PA. June 11, 1896. Signed Jno. T. Hughes, Captain; M. Jos. Ernst, First Sergeant Attest: Charles H. Speakmen, Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 206, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 529 L 553
Creator: Scheda, H., artist
Date: c1881
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 529 L 553

Title: Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to Animals. [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing four vignettes depicting people interacting with animals. Shows a deer carcuss dropped in the street from the back of a speeding game wagon; a dog lying, on guard, next to a baby sleeping in a cradle; a soldier's horse nuzzling its fallen rider; and a woman feeding seed to fowls in a pasture. Scroll, floral, and horticultural elements border the text and vignettes. Also contains the seal of the society, the Pennsylvania coat of arms, and the motto "The Merciful Man Regardeth the Life of his Beast." Society seal shows an angel raising her hand in protest of a wagon driver beating his work house. The PSPCA was organized by Philadelphia businessman Colonel M. Richards Mucklé in 1867 and incorporated in 1868. It was the second humane society in the country with horse abuse as the organization's initial primary concern., Not in Wainwright., Issued to John T. Morris, ca. 1873. Signed Pliny E. Chase, Secretary and Al[fred] Elwyn, President., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 563, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Pennsylvania Society Cruelty, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Societies - Certificates, P. S. Duval, Son & Co. operated as a firm 1867-1869., Elwyn, a trained physican and philanthropist, served as president of the PSPCA 1871-circa 1875.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Pennsylvania Society Cruelty

Title: Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women. [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing a biblical scene in an oval frame embellished with filigree. Depicts the New Testament passage John 9:6 under the verse "For the Lord God Giveth them light. Rev. XXII. 5.V." Shows Jesus laying his hands upon a blind man in a lush setting. A village is visible in the distant background. The Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women, established 1868, provided housing and paid work for blind women, who performed handicrafts including basket weaving, chair caning, and lacemaking., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Mr. & Mrs. John F. Smith on April 1, 1881. Signed Fannie K. Atwood, Secretary and Susan P. Lloyd, President., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 559, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Pennsylvania Industrial, Inscribed on verso: Smith 1250 N. Broad., Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John F. Combs Feb. 12, 1912.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Certificates - Pennsylvania Industrial

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