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Stock Certificate of the Watertown and Madison Railroad Company

Date: 07 17 1857
Description: A stock certificate of the Watertown and Madison Railroad Company, one share #85, issued to Darwin Clark for the sum of $50.00. This was signed by the rail...
Manuscript

Grand Army Certificate

Date: 1881
Description: Grand Army of the Republic certificate awarded to William H. Upham and signed by Lucius Fairchild.
Document

Athenaean Society Certificate

Date: 1857
Description: Membership certificate of the Athenaen Society of the University of Wisconsin presented to Charles Fairchild in 1857. The society was a student literary an...
Document

Swiss Baptismal Certificate

Date: 1812
Description: Swiss baptismal certificate, Glarus.
Historical Object

The President's Thanks and Certificate of Honorable Service

Date: 12 15 1864
Description: A notification of the President's thanks and certificate of honorable service to the 160th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers.
Manuscript

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

Date: 10 01 1888
Description: A certificate from the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States announcing that (Chaplin) J.W. Oakley became a Companion of the first Class ...
Manuscript

Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 08 06 1886
Description: A certificate from the Grand Army of the Republic, announcing that Lucius Fairchild on August 6, 1886 was elected Commander in Chief of the 16th annual Nat...
Manuscript

Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 08 06 1886
Description: A certificate from the Grand Army of the Republic, announcing that Lucius Fairchild on August 6, 1886 was elected Commander in Chief of the 20th annual Nat...
Manuscript

Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 05 18 1886
Description: Certificate commissioning J.W. Oakley Aid-de-Camp in the Grand Army of the Republic. It is signed by Lucius Fairchild.
Historical Object

Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 03 19 1882
Description: Certificate creating Post Number 25, Department of Wisconsin, of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Manuscript

United States Citizenship Certificate

Date: 05 03 1804
Description: A certificate, signed by Joseph Wilson, that officially declares Matthias Varina a citizen of the United States of America.
Document

Officer's Commission of the Army of the American Eagle

Date: 04 11 1865
Description: Front of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commission f...
Print

Boys and Girls Recruitment Certificate

Date: 04 11 1865
Description: Backside of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commissio...
Manuscript

Certificate of American Citizenship

Date: 07 17 1860
Description: A certificate granting United States citizenship to Frederick Anneke.
Document

A.A. Rowley, State of Wisconsin Certificate

Date: 09 29 1870
Description: State of Wisconsin certificate for A.A. Rowley, signed by Lucius Fairchild, Governor, that appoints him as Second Lieutenant of the "Middleton Guards" with...
Document

Sons of Temperance Withdrawal

Date: 1857
Description: A certificate acknowledging the admission of Frederick Beermein to Sons of Temperance.
Document

Band of Hope Membership Certificate

Date: 1883
Description: A colorful certificate that acknowledges the membership of Willie Diederich of Waukesha, Wisconsin into Band of Hope, a temperance organization.
Manuscript

Termperance Traveling Card

Date: 1858
Description: A certificate declaring the admission of U. P. Olin into the Independent Order of Good Templars.

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