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Certificates

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Joanna Southcott sealing document

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343417]
Identifier: MSS 899
Scope and Contents

Handwritten certificate signed by Joseph Allman and Joanna Southcott. The item was also "sealed" with a red wax seal which meant that the holder would be among the 144,000 mentioned in the Book of Revelations who had a special calling at the return of Jesus Christ. The document states: "The sealed of the Lord the elect precious man's redemption to inherit the Tree of Life to be made heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ."

Dates: 1808
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joanna Southcott sealing document

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