The black and gilt filigreed wooden frame measures about 28 x 32 inches and houses, under glass, a matted engraved Diploma titled "American Genius" artfully engraved with vignettes of American agricultural, mechanical, home and patriotic scenes. These diplomas usually accompanied the award medals of most Agricultural and <g class="gr_ gr_29 gr-alert gr_spell gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" data-gr-id="29" id="29">Mecanical</g> Societies of the <g class="gr_ gr_33 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" data-gr-id="33" id="33">time,</g> but are much less frequently encountered than the more durable award medals. At the center is a federal shield inscribed DIPLOMA / AWARDED BY THE / AMERICAN INSTITUTE / TO / Reed & Barton / FOR THE / Best Silver Plated Ware / First Premium / Exhibition Of 1870. It is signed by Horace Greeley as President of the organization, and bears the signatures of the Recording and Corresponding Secretaries as well, along with what appears to be an embossed seal of the Institute. An impressive and historic artifact of the period with a signature of the newspaperman, Congressman and Presidential Candidate Horace Greeley whose iconic slogan "Go West young man (and grow up with the country)" urged a generation of Americans to seek their fortune in the West.<br />，，，
