City of Detroit, Fire Commission appointment certificate, printed by the Calvert Lithograph Company, and issued to William Duncan, on April 1, 1867, for the term ending April 1872

Description:

City of Detroit, Fire Commission appointment certificate, printed by the Calvert Lithograph Company, and issued to William Duncan, on April 1, 1867, for the term ending April 1872. The certificate contains the signatures of Controller Emery J. Garfield, and Mayor Alexander Lewis, a metallic gold embossed seal of the City of Detroit, engraved imagery from the seal, affixed sepia-toned head-and-shoulder portrait photographs of the fire commissioners William Duncan (top left), James W. Sutton (lower left), Theodore Hinchman (top right), and Lucretius H. Cobb (lower right). A handwritten note along the top edge of the certificate misidentifies the men as Joseph Godfrey, Peter Henkel, Benjamin Vernor, and Jerome Croal. The certificate is mounted on linen.

Date Issued:

1867-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Detroit Historical Society

Collection:

Fire Department

Subject Topic:

Detroit Fire Department

Subject Name:

Duncan, William C., Sutton, James W., Hinchman, Theodore H., and Cobb, Lucretius H.

Rights:

No Copyright - United States

URL:

http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/65C31792-98D7-45A8-9039-135256493650