Membership certificate to the American Colonization Society, February 22, 1832

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Membership certificate to the American Colonization Society, February 22, 1832

A membership certificate to the American Colonization Society for Sarah Emlen Cresson signed by James Madison as the president of the society on February 22, 1832. The certificate has pre-printed text with spaces for filling in the date and member name by hand. At the center top of the certificate is a bundle of dark clouds with a half-circle of sun rays bursting from it. At the center bottom is a seal that shows a ship following a bird across the ocean to Liberia with text in the outer rim reading " LUX IN TENEBRIS / AM: COL: SOC: A.D. 1816." The seal is surrounded by various types of foliage. The certificate is signed in the bottom left corner by " R.R. Gurley, Secretary" and in the bottom right corner by " James Madison Presed t" inside the lined border of the certificate, and in the bottom left corner outside the border " Attest / Elliott Cresson / 1 mo 8. 1834". The reverse is blank

Media ID 22175798

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