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Title
Seventh Day Adventist Publishing Association Articles of Incorporation
Subject
Articles of incorporation
Calhoun County (Mich.)--History
Seventh-Day Adventists--Michigan--History--19th century
Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association
Description
The 1861 articles of incorporation for the Seventh Day Adventist Publishing Association. The articles were submitted in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Date
1861-05-03
Contributor
Mosher, Levi
White, James
Loughborough, John N.
Smith, Uriah
Kellogg, John P.
Smith, Cyrenus
Amadon, George W.
Hall, William
Rights
In the public domain.
Format
pdf
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
MDL.LH.003.035
Coverage
Battle Creek (Mich.)
Calhoun County (Mich.)
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
State of Michigan
County of Calhoun
City of Battle Creek
We the undersigned in pursuance of an act numbered 97 entitled an act to provide for the incorporation of associations for the publication of periodicals newspapers books tracts documents and other publications approved March 7th 1861 desiring to avail ourselves of the privileges and powers granted and conferred by said act and to become incorporated under the said act do hereby associate ourselves together as a body corporate for the purpose of publishing periodicals newspapers books tracts documents and other publications of a religious historical literary agricultural scientific or educational character and do hereby certify as follows to wit;
The name of such corporation shall be and is “Seventh day Adventist Publishing Association.”
Its location is and shall be in the City of Battle Creek County of Calhoun and State of Michigan.
The name and place of residence of the share holders and the number of shares held by each of them respectively is as follows to wit:
Name Place of Residence N of Shares
James White City of Battle Creek Eight
John N. Loughborough “ ___
Uriah Smith “ ___
John P. Kellogg “ ___
Cyrenus Smith “ one
George W. Amadon “ one
William Hall “ one
And the amount of each of such shares shall be ten dollars.
The amount of all real property that may be held by such corporation shall by [sic] fifty thousand dollars.
The amount of all personal personal [sic] property that may be held by such corporation shall be twenty five thousand dollars.
In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our hands and Seals at the City of Battle Creek this third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred Sixty one.
James White
John N. Loughborough
Uriah Smith
John P. Kellogg
Cyrenus Smith
George W. Amadon
William Hall
Recorded May 3rd 1861
Levi Mosher
Co Clerk
County of Calhoun
City of Battle Creek
We the undersigned in pursuance of an act numbered 97 entitled an act to provide for the incorporation of associations for the publication of periodicals newspapers books tracts documents and other publications approved March 7th 1861 desiring to avail ourselves of the privileges and powers granted and conferred by said act and to become incorporated under the said act do hereby associate ourselves together as a body corporate for the purpose of publishing periodicals newspapers books tracts documents and other publications of a religious historical literary agricultural scientific or educational character and do hereby certify as follows to wit;
The name of such corporation shall be and is “Seventh day Adventist Publishing Association.”
Its location is and shall be in the City of Battle Creek County of Calhoun and State of Michigan.
The name and place of residence of the share holders and the number of shares held by each of them respectively is as follows to wit:
Name Place of Residence N of Shares
James White City of Battle Creek Eight
John N. Loughborough “ ___
Uriah Smith “ ___
John P. Kellogg “ ___
Cyrenus Smith “ one
George W. Amadon “ one
William Hall “ one
And the amount of each of such shares shall be ten dollars.
The amount of all real property that may be held by such corporation shall by [sic] fifty thousand dollars.
The amount of all personal personal [sic] property that may be held by such corporation shall be twenty five thousand dollars.
In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our hands and Seals at the City of Battle Creek this third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred Sixty one.
James White
John N. Loughborough
Uriah Smith
John P. Kellogg
Cyrenus Smith
George W. Amadon
William Hall
Recorded May 3rd 1861
Levi Mosher
Co Clerk
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microfilm