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Title: [Marriage certificate]
Description: Marriage certificate from a Bible illustrated with an ornate border containing a romantic scene. Scene shows a couple sailing in a gondola adorned with a garland of flowers. Border also includes flowers, vinery, doves, tassels, drapery, clasped hands, and the Bible., Title supplied by cataloguer., Copyrighted by William Flint. Name of copyright holder from duplicate (15129.Q)., Copyright statement partially illegible., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 143
Date: c1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1868 This 14333.Q [Roughwood]

Title: [Marriage certificate]
Description: Marriage certificate from a Bible illustrated with an ornate border containing a romantic scene. Scene shows a couple sailing in a gondola adorned with a garland of flowers. Border also includes flowers, vinery, doves, tassels, drapery, clasped hands, and the Bible. Certificate attached to a record sheet for marriages and births. Birth section contains annotations., Title supplied by cataloguer., Copyrighted by William Flint., Copy 15129.Q [Roughwood] records the marriage of Daniel Kemmer of Ober Wilford and Maryan Sangler of Wilford Bucks on August 10, 1867 at Fogelsville by William W. Kelfrich, Reformirfer Prediger., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 145/146, One of prints [P.2009.12] gift of David Doret.
Date: c1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 15129.Q [Roughwood], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Certificates [P.2009.12]

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: Certificate of marriage
Description: Marriage certificate illustrated with vignettes within an ornamental border. Depicts vignettes representing peace and love including doves near an altar with an eternal flame, and cherubs floating on clouds, reaping grain, and rowing a gondola., Issued to John A. Jones and Mary Anne Dickerson. Signed by Rev. William Douglass, officiant, and by Samuel Van Brackle and George W. Hopewell, witnesses., Copyright secured., Title from item., Date based on date of the event represented., Purchase 1993., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Croome, Meignelle & Co. was a Philadelphia engraving firm operated by engraver, William Croome, and banknote engraver, James Meignelle in the 1840s.
Creator: Croome, Meignelle & Co., engraver
Date: [ca. 1846]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) [P.9427] - Dickerson Family Collection - Miscellaneous

Title: [Marriage certificate]
Description: Marriage certificate illustrated with an ornate border containing a romantic scene. Scene shows a couple, accompanied by the female allegorical figure Love, sailing in a gondola. Love holds an arrow and torch and the gondola is adorned with a garland of flowers. Border also includes flowers, vinery, doves, the Bible, and clasped hands over the Biblical quote "What God hath joined together let not man put asunder, Matth. XIX.6.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Copyrighted by J.R. Jones in Washington, D.C., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Mr. Daniel S. Schaeffer of Fleetwood Berks co. Pa. and Miss Mary F. Potteiger of Jefferson Twp. Berks Co. Pa. on September 4, 1875. Signed by Rev. Thomas Calvin Leinbach of Womelsdorf. Witnessed by Adam N. Potteiger and Adam S. bright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 144
Date: c1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 14342.Q [Roughwood]

Title: [Marriage certificate]
Description: Contains a border comprised of gothic architectural elements, floral motifs, and two vignettes. First vignette shows the reverend blessing the formally attired couple. The bride wears an off-the-shoulder wedding dress and veil and the groom wears a tuxedo. Second vignette shows the married couple exiting the church, hand in hand, followed by three wedding guests., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Henry W. Shouse of Hauley Wayne Co. Pa. and Ann Eliza Nekerris of District of Spring Garden County Philada. on October 16, 1851. Signed by Edmund Neville, Rector of Christ Church, New Orleans., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 90
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 14349.Q [Roughwood]

Title: [Marriage certificate]
Description: Contains a border comprised of gothic architectural elements, floral motifs, and two vignettes. First vignette shows the reverend blessing the formally attired couple. The bride wears an off-the-shoulder wedding dress and veil and the groom wears a tuxedo. Second vignette shows the married couple exiting the church, hand in hand, followed by three wedding guests., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Issued December 20, 1855 to William Morrison and Elizabeth Alice Hill. Signed by Samuel Dubborow, Rector of the New Church of the Evangelists. Franklin Smith, witness., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 142, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 614 D 956
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 614 D 956

Title: Marriage certificate. This certifies that [blank] of [blank] and [blank] of [blank] united in holy matrimony according to the ordinance of God and the laws of [blank] at [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. [blank]. Witnesses [blank] [blank]
Description: Marriage certificate containing a scene with an African American bride, groom, and reverend, pictorial details, and an ornamented border. Scene depicts the bride, in the left, in right profile, standing, and attired in a long-sleeved white wedding dress and bridal cap with floor length veil draped down her back. She holds a large bouquet from which ribbons stream and she bows her head slightly forward. In the right, the groom, in left profile, stands, attired in a dark suit with morning jacket and a boutonniere adorning the lapel. His head is slightly bowed. Between them, facing the viewer, stands an older reverend, attired in a clerical waistcoat and pants. He is balding with tufts of grey hair by his ears. He holds a Bible at his midriff. Ferns adorn the background. Pictorial details, surround the scene and text of the certificate, and include two Black putti; a vignette depicting the clasped hands of a Black bride and groom; and tropical greenery. The ornamented border is composed of ribbons and a chain link., Title from item., Name of publisher inferred and date from copyright statement: copyrighted 1910 P.P. and F. Co. Chi., Description of print (No. 1900) included in 1911 trade catalog for the Consolidated Portrait and Frame Co., p. 135a. Description reads: Good Luck Marriage Certificate. This certificate was printed and designed especially for the negro race. There is no other certificate so far as we know, exclusively for them., RVCDC, Purchased with partial funds from the Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch Women's History Fund.
Date: 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Certificates - Marriage [P.2023.7]

Title: Marriage certificate. This certifies that [Washington C. Young/of Philadelphia/state of Pennsylvania] [Amanda L. West/of Goshen/state of New Jersey] were by me united in marriage according to the ordinance of God and the laws of the state of [Pennsylvania] at [Philadelphia] on the 24 day of [May] 188[3]. [Philip L. Sanborn?]/ [Sarah A. Ross]/ [Rev. W.H. Ross officiating minster]
Description: Marriage certificate with gold touches and containing the bust-length, carte-de-visite studio portrait photographs of Washington C. Young and Amanda L. West, who are African American, surrounded by text, pictorial details, and an ornate border. Young's portrait depicts the young man, looking to the left, and attired in a jacket with a notch lapel, a dark-colored tie, and white, straight shirt collar. He also has a mustache and wears his hair short and with a side part. West's portrait depicts the young woman, looking to the right, and attired in a garment with small puffs at the shoulder and a high-collar neckline adorned with a fabric flower. She wears her wavy hair pulled back, parted in the middle and with side bangs. She also wears earrings. Between the portraits are ornaments with text reading, "It Is Not Good That Man Should Be Alone, Gen 2.18" and "I Will Make Him An Help Meet For Him Gen 2.18." The certificate also contains pictorial details of flowers and vinery, a bell, doves, and a banner. The border is composed of scrollwork, floral shapes, and cornice ornaments. At the time of their marriage, Washington C. Young was a clerk. He would continue in this profession throughout his life. Amanda (West) Young worked as a dressmaker by 1910 and was later listed as a housekeeper in census records. The couple had four children, including a daughter who worked as a dressmaker., Title from item., Date of printing inferred from printed and manuscript date., Completed in manuscript to Washington C. Young and Amanda L. West on May 24, 1883. Signed Philip L. [Sanborn?], Sarah A. Ross, and Rev. W.H. Ross, Officiating Minister., RVCDC
Date: [completed 1883, printed ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Certificates - Marriage [P.2023.59]

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