Beautiful certificate from the
Chicago Law Institute issued in 1885. This historic document was printed by Shober & Caequeville Litho Company and has an
ornate border around it with a vignette of an eagle. This item has the signatures of the Institute's President, (J.K. Edwall) Treasurer (William H. Holden) and Secretary (Frank Coller) and is over 122 years old.
Certificate Vignette
HOLDEN, William Hiram, lawyer; b. Chicago,
June 6, 1843; s. Charles N. and Frances
W. (Woodbury) Holden; ed. public schools of
Chicago; grad. West Division High School,
1861, and from Union College of Law, 1,1, K,,
1866; m. July 17, 1867, Sarah J. Réveil (sister
of Mrs. Dwight L. Moody, wife of the famous
evangelist); children: Charles Revel!, Ethel
Réveil, and 2 now deceased. Admitted to bar,
1866, and since then in active general practice
of law; now senior of law flrm of Holden
& Buzzell. Associate mem. Chicago Real Estate
Board; mem. Chicago Bar Assn. and Illinois
Bar Assn.; treas. Chicago Law Institute
for 21 years and now its librarian. Baptist;
ex-trustee of the Univ. of Chicago; trustee of
the Baptist Theological Union and the Y. M. C. A.;
près, and dir. of the Bible Institute
Colportage Assn.; ex-pres. board of trustees
of 2d Baptist Church of Chicago and for 30
years supt. of its Sunday School; now honorary
supt. Office: 140 Dearborn St. Residence:
1143 Forest Av., Evanston.
The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago By John W. Leonard