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American Bank Note Company [Membership certificate of John B. Bachelder as director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02131.05 Author/Creator: American Bank Note Company Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Print Date: 4 July 1895 Pagination: 1 p. ; 47 x 57 cm. Order a Copy

Steel engraved certificate, published by the American Bank Note Company, apparently prepared for Bachelder's heirs the year after his death in 1894. With gold seal. States that Bachelder was director from 22 June 1881 through 26 June 1882. Decorated with engravings by F.B. Schell.

American Bank Note Company, fl. 1895
Schell, Frederic B., fl. 1895
Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

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