[Facsimile marriage certificate with six carte-de-visite photographs of John Mietin French and Martha Jane Brown]
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[Facsimile marriage certificate with six carte-de-visite photographs of John Mietin French and Martha Jane Brown]
ca. 1855
Albumen silver prints and electrostatic print
Image (each, oval): 2 9/16 × 1 3/4 in. (6.5 × 4.5 cm)
Image (each): 3 1/4 × 2 in. (8.3 × 5.1 cm)
Mount: 12 × 9 1/8 in. (30.5 × 23.1 cm)
James S. Reveley
Inscriptions Printed on mount and inscribed in ink on recto, OA: BE \ YE OF ONE \ MIND \ This \ CERTIFIES \ THAT \ John Mietin & Martha Jane Brown \ Were solomnly united by me in the \ HOLY BONDS OF MATRIMONY \ At Rochester New York on the tenth \ day of October in the year of our \ Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and 55 \ conformably to the Ordianace of God, and the Laws of \ the State By the Rev. A.C. Lengh [?] \ In Presence of Signed \ ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1873 BY THOMAS KELLY, IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, AT WASHINGTON, D.C. LOAG PR., PHILA
Printed in gold on the verso, TC: FAMILY PORTRAITS
Inscribed in ink on verso, OA: John Mietin French \ Martha Jane Brown \ Wife \ of \ J.M.\ French \ Father of \ [illegible] Alice Naomi. John M. Jr. \ Mother \ of \ [illegible] . Alice Naomi, John M.Jr. \ John Mietin French \ Martha Jane Brown French
Printed in gold on the verso, TC: FAMILY PORTRAITS
Inscribed in ink on verso, OA: John Mietin French \ Martha Jane Brown \ Wife \ of \ J.M.\ French \ Father of \ [illegible] Alice Naomi. John M. Jr. \ Mother \ of \ [illegible] . Alice Naomi, John M.Jr. \ John Mietin French \ Martha Jane Brown French
