Description
Contribution certificate honoring Maryland Governor Thomas Hicks, 1862. 6 x 9 5/8" and in generally excellent condition with minor aging. Issued "...as a Contribution to the Testimonial to Thomas Holiday Hicks...in recognition of a loyal people's gratitude for the patriotic firmness with which, during his administration, he successfully resisted every effort to seduce or force the State of Maryland from its allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Union under it." Dated January 8th, 1862.