[Certificate]: Issued to Henry Allen for his contribution for the American Bible Union to give the Sacred Scriptures to the Freedmen of America. June, 1874

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New York: Manhattan Engraving Co., 1874. Engraved certificate. Measuring 7½” x 4¾”. Illustrated with vignette depicting Liberty in a white gown, loosening the shackles of a formerly enslaved Black man who is kneeling on the ground. Engraved text with ornamental border, completed in manuscript: "This is to Certify, That Henry..... More

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