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Burgess ticket of the County Borough of Wigan, England, 29th May, 1909

MLA citation style
Wigan (England : District),. Burgess Ticket Of The County Borough Of Wigan, England, 29Th May, 1909. no date. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial, 1909May .
APA citation style
Wigan (England : District),. (1909). Burgess ticket of the County Borough of Wigan, England, 29th May, 1909. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_378
Chicago citation style
Wigan (England : District),. “Burgess Ticket Of The County Borough Of Wigan, England, 29Th May, 1909”, Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives, May 29, 1909. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_378.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

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Title

Burgess ticket of the County Borough of Wigan, England, 29th May, 1909

Subject

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Wigan (England : District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Carnegie Hero Fund Trust--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Library benefactors--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Carnegie libraries--England--Wigan (District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Carnegie libraries--Great Britain--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Public libraries--England--Wigan (District)--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Public libraries--Great Britain--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Pemberton (Wigan, England, District)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Wigan (England : District)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Pemberton (Wigan, England, District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

Description

A photograph of a handwritten burgess ticket from the County Borough of Wigan, England admitting Andrew Carnegie "as honorary freeman of the County Borough of Wigan" for his provision of free public libraries in the United Kingdom, establishment of the Civil Hero Fund and his gift of a public library at Pemberton. The ticket includes a decorative border, decorative initials, coat of arms, a seal, and is signed by the mayor and the town clerk. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 34 x 26 cm

Creator

Wigan (England : District)

Publisher

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial

Date

1909-05-29

Type

Text

Original Format

image/jpg

Identifier

CA-303
77530138

Language

English

Relation

Andrew Carnegie Benefactions Collection

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Contact

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Contributing Institution

Carnegie Mellon University

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.