Diploma awarded by Farmers & Mechanics Institute of Northampton County Pennsylvania / James Queen, del. ; from a photograph by Ruben Knecht, Easton, Pennsylvania ; Duval & Co's. Lith. Philada.

Print shows a certificate with vignettes on the sides and bottom showing farm animals (horses, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, cows, and a turkey), a train on a trestle bridge departing from an industrial complex, the interior of a blacksmith's shop, with blacksmith and an assistant, agricultural tools for planting and harvesting, and a shock of wheat, various vegetables and fruits, and a large building on the fairgrounds with a large tent in the foreground. At the top is a shield, with cornucopia, two horses, and an eagle, above a banner that states "Virtue Liberty and Independence".