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==Awards and honors== Collamer received the [[honorary degree]] of [[Legum Doctor|LL.D.]] from the University of Vermont in 1850 and [[Dartmouth College]] in 1855.<ref>University of Vermont, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gIQfAAAAYAAJ&dq=jacob+collamer+university+of+vermont+trustee&pg=PA23 University of Vermont Obituary Record], Volume 1, 1895, pages 23-24</ref> In 1881, the state of [[Vermont]] donated a [[Jacob Collamer (Powers)|marble statue of Collamer]] created by [[Preston Powers]] to the [[U.S. Capitol]]'s [[National Statuary Hall Collection]].{{sfn|''The Vermonter'': Jacob Collamer|page=238}} Each state is represented by two statues, and Vermont's are likenesses of Collamer and [[Ethan Allen]].<ref>United States Congress, Joint Committee on the Library, [https://books.google.com/books?id=piIUAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22jacob+collamer%22+statuary+hall&pg=PA25 Legislation Creating the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol], 1916, page 25</ref><ref>Glenn Brown, [https://books.google.com/books?id=eG8Yng2jxIgC&dq=%22jacob+collamer%22+%22ethan+allen%22+statuary+hall&pg=PA530 Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol], 1900, page 530</ref>
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