DESCRIPTION:
"This certifies that Mamie Bennett
by the payment of ten cents
is a stockholder in
THE HENRY REED STEAMBOAT COMPANY
for the year 1888"
Scene of a small steam-powered stern-wheel riverboat, a la the African Queen, and two native Africans watching from shore. Map on verso of the Congo Free State, the Congo River, and in the upper Congo River a dotted line shows the route of the Henry Reed. Scarce.
Very rare and given for a donation of ten cents to support a mission steamer on the upper Congo River in Africa. The vessel "Henry Reed' worked the upper river and after 1887 another steamer joined on the lower Congo River. By 1890 the name of the mission was changed to "The Congo Steamboat Company" and funds collected paid for both vessels as well as for operating expenses. Lifetime membership could be purchased for $1.00. (Baptist Missionary Magazine. American Baptist Missionary Union. Volume 70. Boston. 1890.)PUBLICATION DATE: 1888
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Africa
BODY OF WATER: Congo River
CONDITION: Fair. Hole on top where looks like it is from a push pin
COLORING: N/A
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 5 " x 3 "
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