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1851 and 1852 American Tract Society (ATS) Member for Life Certificate. This Certifies that Mary R. Green by a Contribution of Twenty Dollars by a Lady is a Member for Life of the American Tract Society New York February 15, 1851. Signed by Secretaries Wm A. Hallock, O. Eastman, R. S. Cook and President Th S. Williams (Thomas S. Williams). 18.26 x 16.25 inches, backed with foam core and wrapped in plastic for safe keeping. Also included in this offering is an ATS member for Life Certificate in the name of Miss/Mrs. Julia E. Green dated 1852. Likely related and possibly members of Green family that came through Massachusetts Bay in the 1630's and settled in Worcester, MA.Broadside certificate, partly printed, completed in manuscript, beautifully illustrated with engravings of people reading and traveling within a highly decorative border. Some soiling, folds and edge chipping, pretty good for 175 year old piece of paper.
Organized in New York City in 1825, the American Tract Society extensively disseminated Christian literature. Attractive certificate of membership. The Bible was the only religious book being distributed widely around the United States.The American Tract Society's founders felt that the American Bible Societywas limited in its activities, leading to ATS's establishment. ATS was created from a merger of the New York Religious Tract Society, founded 1812, and New England Religious Tract Society, founded 1814. William Allen Hallock helped the New England Religious Tract Society change its name to the American Tract Society in 1823. The New England society surrendered that name to a national society proposed by the New York society,which was formed on May 10, 1825.The separate tract societies merged and moved into a four-story building at 87 Nassau Street in New York City.Upon ATS's 1825 creation, it became the first organization in the U.S. formed specifically to give out religioustracts.
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