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A diploma awarded to Otis Potter (1807-1892) by the Douglas County Agricultural Society for his marrowfat squashes. Three years earlier, Otis Potter was presented with John Brown's sword for housing Brown and his family while in Lawrence.
Date: October 1859
Item Number: 221385
Call Number: Otis Potter Coll., Oversize
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221385
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables
Agriculture - Farm organizations - Agricultural societies
Collections - Manuscript
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Fairs
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate - Achievement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Diploma
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Diplomas
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/221385