Set of dark wooden candlesticks. "These candlesticks Mr. William Mellor who was then superintendent of the Thaddeus Stevens Industrial School Lanc. Pa. - Presented to Judge Charles I. Landis March 4, 1921 ["I give both to the Lancaster Historical Society J(?) Landis"] The Mahoganey is from handrail of stairs in home of The Honorable Thaddeus Stevens ["4th"] South Queen St.
Painting: Pen & ink on board, Fair, under glass, backed by newspaper & wood slats, light staining & horizontal acid burn lines, some paper cockling, top banner collaged on.
Painting conservation needs: Remove from frame, humidify, flatten, deacidify, remount, bond to acid free backing, refit with spacers.
Frame: 3" wood frame with 1" gold liner, Good condition.
Frame conservation needs: Surface clean, minor touchup throughout.
Printed document is a naturalization certificate infilled for "Jacob Dickart" (sic), a prolific gunmaker of Lancaster. Printed on now-brown laid paper, it is a printed form for naturalizing foreigners who did not swear oaths. Now mounted in a modern black frame.
The certificate was designed for non-Quakers who had resided in the Commonwealth for seven years and who had never taken an oath of allegiance to King George II because of conscience, eg. Mennonites, Moravians & other sectarians who believe the Bible prohibits the swearing of oaths. Although Jacob is believed to have been raised in a Lutheran home, he later followed the Moravian faith.
Edward Shippen, Jr., Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of the Province of PA filled out this form for Dickert, who appeared before Judges William Atlin, William Coleman, and Alexander Stedman, in Phila. on Sept 24, 1765. An embossed seal is created out of a small square of paper and affixed to the upper left corner of the document.
HJ Kauffman notes that Dickert was born in Mainz, Germany in 1740, came to America with his parents in 1748. Family settled in Berks Co. and later, son Jacob moved to Lancaster in 1756, where he likely apprenticed with the gunmaker Matthias Roessor (as did Wm. Henry). Dickert worked c. 1760-1820. In 1764, he married Johanetta Hofer of York, PA, and the following year he travelled to Phila. to obtain this document. Kauffman states he was active in the Moravian church.
He died 1822.
See G90.7.1 file on Dickert rifle with family info. Transparency of a document with
General signs of age: soiling, minor foxing, dog eared corners with some minor losses. Fold line 3" from top, small holes along bottom. There is a backing of acidic paper which is attached with adhesive.
Mounted in a modern black frame by Lancaster Galleries for 2006 exhibit.
Lithograph? 2-part marriage certificate in black ink with gold border elements. 2 printed colored flowers are visible through 2 oval cutouts. Certificate announces the marriage of Alice Fisher and John B. Herr.
Double-sided frame showing certificates issued to Sarah Ann Stauffer as a PA Delegate-at- large to Republican National Conventions, both in Miami, in 1968 and 1972. With both certificates hang delegate, delegate-at-large and National Committee pins with ribbons.
$500 Scholarship certificate from Franklin and Marshall College issued to Andrew Bausman, signed by James Buchanan as President of Board of Trustees, J. M. Long as Treasurer, and Thomas C. Porter as Secretary. Dated June 20, 1864.
"No. 6" at top with "Scholarship" above a photo of college buildings flanked on left with the face of Franklin and Marshall on the right. "Franklin and Marshall College/ Second Series." is printed below.
Thin white mat does not appear to be acid-free. There are some ripples on the upper right of the scholarship paper and a small tear on upper edge, right of center.
"Certificate of Baptism" with dove within a gold circle flying toward a white baptismal font. Pink flowers cascade from upper right toward lower left. Information, some printed and some filled in: "In the Name of the Father, of the Son,/ and of the Holy Ghost,/ John Randall Pott/ Child of John Hunter Pott/ and his wife Frances S. Pott/ Born at #212 E. New Street, Lancaster, Pa./ Feb. 20, 1917/ was Baptized by me/ in 221 E. Clay St., Lancaster, PA./ on the 15th day of April in the/ Year of our Lord/ 1917/ Rev. J. Hunter Watts Pastor of/ St. Andrew's Reformed Church/ Lancaster, Pa." (No. 60)
Tiny spots overall. Horizontal creases at 2-inch intervals with tears on a number of these from the edges: 4 on left edge; 2 on right. Cellophane tape on center back, folded over top edge where there is a 3-inch tear from the top edge.
1.5-inch white border surrounds gilt and bright color Biblical scenes. Two Old Testament scenes at top, two New Testament scenes below. Third scenes show marriage on left and baptism on right. These surround information, both commercially printed and handwritten exquisitely by calligrapher, Thomas H. Wall. The form reads: "This Certifies/ that on the...day of ...18.../HOLY BAPTISM/ was administrated by me in the name of/ the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost/ to Hiram R. Shearer/ Son of Mr. Abraham S./ Shearer and his Wife, Emma, born Rettew/ born at Rapho Twp, Lancaster Co, Pa on the/ 11th day of MAY 1886/ In Presence of.........Pastor....." Centered below is a picture of Jesus speaking to children. Below, on left is "Copyright." On right, "Published by J. Kohler, 911 Arch St. Philadelphia."
Browning overall. Horizontal creases/fold lines. Small tear on right edge and missing piece on left edge. Some spots in white border and brown spot on lower left.
Angel holding a banner with "Bless the Lord" accompanied by three angels playing instruments and a dove fly above "Certificate of Baptism" with scene of Jesus with children on lower left. Information is commercially printed and hand transcribed (in cursive using black ink): Lucy Eckert/ Child of Mr. Monroe Eckert/ and his wife Adaline, a born Krumbine/ born at Schaefferstown, Leb. Co. Pa. Nov. 26, 1880,/ was baptized in the faith of her Reformed Church/ on the 5th day of July A.D. 1881/ In the name of /the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost/ Sponsors were: Mother and Grandmother/on Mothers side, Sister Lizzie/was baptized at the same time./ Rev. A.J. Bachman/Officiated./ Whosoever/shall not receive the /kingdom of God as a little child/he shall not enter therein/ St. Mark.10.15/ Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not:/ for of such is the kingdom of God. Luke l8.16.
Below left: "No. 500 Printed in Germany." On right: Wartburg Pub. House, Chicago"
Brown overall with tears center top. left top and center bottom edges. Liquid stain lower right. Pink marks at three place along right edge. Paper missing from area on right edge.
Commercially printed black ink certificate with oval openings for pictures of the husband and wife. Here there are color inserts of a yellow and a pink rose. Top center pictures a woman and a man in a small boat. There's an open Bible with a gold wedding ring on it at center bottom. Written information: "Mr. John B. Fisher of Manor Twp, Lancaster Co. Penna. and Miss Alice Herr, Creswell, Manor Twp. Lancaster Co. Penna,/ were joined together in Holy Matrimony/ at Creswell, Penna, on the twenty-fifth day of October/ in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred/ and eight two in accordance with the Laws of the State/ of Pennsylvania and the usages of the Evangelical Association/ Witnesses Frank Stauffer, Rev. W. C. Kantner/ Mattie Herr....Lith. by A. Hoen & Co. Balto. Copyright, D.W. Crider 1877. Crider & Bro. Publishers, York, Pa."
