Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Certificate, Birth |
Object ID # |
1975.89.1 |
Title |
Maria Latshaw birth certificate, 1786 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1786 |
Material |
Laid paper, ink, watercolor |
Dimensions |
H-13 W-16 inches |
Provenance |
Made for Mary Latshaw (Gehman) (1786-1881), daughter of John & Hannah Moyer Latshaw of Hereford Township, Berks County. In adulthood, Mary married John Z. Gehman (1793-1882). The MHC also holds John Gehman's birth certificate (item #1975.1.1), made and initialed by "J.L." in 1795. Could Mary's father John Latshaw have been a schoolmaster or fraktur artist? |
Source |
Gift of Lydia G. Kriebel |
People |
Gehman, Mary Latshaw, 1786-1881 Latshaw, John, 1761-1827 (Hereford Twp) Latshaw, Hannah Moyer, 1763-1832 |
Collection |
Fraktur |