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Title: Warden's Office of the Port of Philadelphia
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1877
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
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Description: Image of a certificate from the Warden's Office of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, authorizing the West Jersey Ferry Company to build a ferry slip on the Delaware River; image of the waterfront with ships sailing and rowboats at top center; seal for Delaware Bay at bottom left corner; decorative border; additional text along left margin.
Engraving with lithograph image at top. "Philadelphia March 14th, 1877 / Know all men by these Presents That at a Meeting of the Board / of Wardens for the Port of Philadelphia held at this Office in the City of Philadelphia / on the Fourteenth day of March A.D. 1877 the said Board of Wardens by / the authority vested in them by the Laws of the United States and the Laws of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania authorized and by these presents do authorize the West / Jersey Ferry Company their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns to / build a Ferry Slip on the Delaware River..."--printed and handwritten text, center of image. "License of Philada. Port Warden for Building Ferry Slip &c on the Clyde Property &c"--text, handwritten on verso.
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 42.86 x 35.24 cm (16 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MAR_001396
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2064
Language: English
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Ships--Pictorial works
Intaglio prints--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Contracts. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Maritime
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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