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This aqua patent medicine bottle was recovered from excavations at the Iowa and Sac and Fox Mission in Doniphan County. The medicine was advertised as being for "sprains, bruises, etc." David Jayne, 1798/99-1866, offered various cures from 1831 onward. The medicinal line continued to make the products after Jayne's death. The Presbyterian Mission was built in 1845 and closed in 1863. After that part of the building was razed, the rest was used as a residence until 1905. The State of Kansas acquired to property in 1941.
Date: 1831-1905
Item Number: 448083
Call Number: 14DP384-225-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 448083
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Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - American Indians - Tribes - Iowa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Sac and Fox
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Places - Historic sites - Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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