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1833

Presentation Urn

Thomas Fletcher

American, 1787 - 1866

This presentation urn is engraved: Presented / by the Stockholders of the / SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION COMPANY / -to- / THOMAS FIRTH ESQ. / under a resolution of the 7. of January 1833 [on front]. In testimony / of their sense of his long continued, faithful / and disinterested / service as a MANAGER in conducting / their concerns, under circumstances often / of great discouragement, /and bringing them at length to an / eminently prosperous condition [on back].

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