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Framed burgess ticket, freedom of the Royal Burgh of Wick, Scotland, 5th August, 1890

MLA citation style
Wick (Scotland). Town Council,. Framed Burgess Ticket, Freedom Of The Royal Burgh Of Wick, Scotland, 5Th August, 1890. no date. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial, 1890Aug .
APA citation style
Wick (Scotland). Town Council,. (1890). Framed burgess ticket, freedom of the Royal Burgh of Wick, Scotland, 5th August, 1890. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_539
Chicago citation style
Wick (Scotland). Town Council,. “Framed Burgess Ticket, Freedom Of The Royal Burgh Of Wick, Scotland, 5Th August, 1890”, Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives, August 5, 1890. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_539.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

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Title

Framed burgess ticket, freedom of the Royal Burgh of Wick, Scotland, 5th August, 1890

Subject

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Wick (Scotland). Town Council--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--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Public libraries--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Wick (Scotland)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

Description

A photograph of a handwritten burgess ticket from the Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Wick, Scotland, electing, admitting and receiving Andrew Carnegie as an honorary free burgess and guild brother of the Royal Burgh of Wick, recognizing him for his support of free public libraries. The ticket is framed within a decorative wooden frame and is signed by the provost and town clerk. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 35 x 26 cm

Creator

Wick (Scotland). Town Council

Publisher

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

Date

1890-08-05

Type

Text

Original Format

image/jpg

Identifier

CA-318
85788672

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.