1856 ARTICLE: THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES

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The E-Sylum: Volume 14, Number 4, January 23, 2011, Article 13

1856 ARTICLE: THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES

Anne E. Bentley of the Massachusetts Historical Society writes:

As is often the case, while researching one thing I stumbled upon this illustrated article in Harper's New Weekly Magazine (vol. 13, 1856, author unidentified) which might be of interest to your readers.

The eight-page article is an interesting read, set up in the form of a yarn told by an old man about the development of the Great Seal. While in the form of fiction, it is based on fact and includes images of a number of proposed versions of the design, including the Jefferson version, above. Heavily involved is numismatist Pierre du Simitiere, whose version is shown below. Check it out - thanks! -Editor

Great Seal of the US Du Simietere version

To read the complete article, see: THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES (http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-
idx?c=harp;cc=harp;q1=great%20seal;rgn=full%20text;
view=image;seq=0188;idno=harp0013-2;node=harp0013-2%3A3)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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