Description:
Stamp on bottom is dated 1885. Comes from Hackensack, NJ. It measures about 5 inches high by about 8 inches to end of handle. Has all the original black and gold paint on it. Its a Lion swallowing the stamp.
One problem - the imprint doesn't say a word about anyone being a notary. It just says, "Liberty Hose Association, Hackensack, N.J., Incorporated November 2, 1885", so it's probably not from 1885.
I couldn't find any NJ reference for this company, but there was a public documents depository by the name of "Liberty Hose Association" or "Liberty Hose Association Library" in Brooklyn in the late 1890s (see below).
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