Name/Title
Charles Smoot's ordination certificateEntry/Object ID
1995.001.1721Description
This sepia-tone 6 1/8"h x 7 7/8"w image of an ordination certificate is mounted on 8 1/2"h x 11"w heavy board. The image includes a pointed oval seal with ribbon at the bottom of the piece. The text reads: "Know all men by these presents that I, Thomas John Claggett, L.D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Maryland holding by the assistance of Almighty God a special ordination on Wednesday the eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and ninety five in the Parish Church of All Faith, St. Mary's County doth? does? admit our beloved in Christ Charles Smoot of whose virtuous and pious life and conversations competent knowledge and learning in the Holy Scriptures I was well? a?red into the Holy Order of Priests according to the manner and form prescribed and used by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and ? the said Charles Smoot did then and there rightly and canonically ordain a Priest, he having first? in my presence made the subscription required in the seventh article of our General Constitution?
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my Episcopal seal this ? day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and three and in the eleventh year of my consecration"
It is possible to make out a few words around the edge of the seal: of Claggett L.D. Bishop of U.S.
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Text on verso: on a piece of paper "Charles E. Fenwick Collection Ordination certificate of Charles Smoot. The ordination took place in 1795 and the certificate is dated 1803."Collection
Charles E. Fenwick CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Details: Image=6 1/8"h x 7 7/8"wDimension Notes
Print Size: 8 1/2" x 11"Location
Container
Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Photo Box 7Shelf
Rack 08, Shelf 4Rack
Rack 08Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Smoot, Charles