Detroit Fire Department appointment certificate issued to Aroulet Richmond of Eagle Company No. 2

Description:

Detroit Fire Department appointment certificate issued to Aroulet Richmond of Eagle Company No. 2, dated October 1843. The certificate is signed by Common Council clerk Robert E. Roberts, Fire Department President Chauncey Hurlbut, and Fire Department Treasurer Mason Palmer, and bears both the embossed seals of the Fire Department of the City of Detroit, and of the City of Detroit. At the top, an engraving by George W. Hatch, based on a painting by Henry Inman, captioned "Protection and Benevolence," shows the Roman god Neptune receiving a pair of keys from a woman, who wears a crown, holds a caduceus and stands beside a shield, possibly intended as either Minerva or Mercury. To their right, another woman hands a document marked "The Department Fund," to another woman, dressed in black, who sits cradling a baby. An engraving, credited to N. Gray, of a fire engine labeled Eagle Company No. 2 is at the bottom of the document.

Date Issued:

1843-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Detroit Historical Society

Subject Topic:

Detroit Fire Department, Engravings, Firefighters, and Eagle Company No. 2

Subject Name:

Richmond, Aroulet and Hatch, George W.

Format:

Certificate, Membership

Rights:

No Copyright - United States

URL:

http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/B0CD2624-A0E4-4615-B6B0-816440031934