MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE OF THE NEW YORK MARINE SOCIETY.
[New York: early 19th century?]. Broadside, oblong 8-3/4" x 12." An elegant unused certificate from this Society which, as its website states, was "chartered by King George III in 1770 to 'improve maritime knowledge and relieve indigent and distressed shipmasters, their widows and orphans'." Its members included Alexander Hamilton, John..... More