Blank certificate of pastor's appointment for the A.M.E. Church
date: label: Date
content: 20th century
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1816
notes: label: Description
content: This pre-printed unused certificate is for the appointment of a pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The form has text printed in black ink and dotted lines to fill in the name of the person, their place of appointment, the date, and the signature of the presiding bishop. A dark blue seal is printed in the lower left corner. The text and the seal are surrounded by a decorative printed border. The reverse is blank.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African Methodist Episcopal
label: Topic
content: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.63.102.29
objectType: label: Type
content: certificates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)