. American history:. ning interests of theState. In the foreground is a man ploughing with aspan of horses: the middle ground is occupied by abarrel, a cornucopia, an anchor, a sheaf of wheat, arake, and a pile of lead in bars—the latter, the most im-portant of the mineral products of the State. The twogreat lakes that border the State—Lakes Michigan andI Superior, have their representatiyes ; on one of which isseen a sloop, and on the other a steamboat—and on theshore an IncUan pointing towards the latter. In the dis-tance is a level prairie, skirted, on the horizon, by arange of woodland, an
. American history:. ning interests of theState. In the foreground is a man ploughing with aspan of horses: the middle ground is occupied by abarrel, a cornucopia, an anchor, a sheaf of wheat, arake, and a pile of lead in bars—the latter, the most im-portant of the mineral products of the State. The twogreat lakes that border the State—Lakes Michigan andI Superior, have their representatiyes ; on one of which isseen a sloop, and on the other a steamboat—and on theshore an IncUan pointing towards the latter. In the dis-tance is a level prairie, skirted, on the horizon, by arange of woodland, and having on the left a Light-houseand School Building, and in the centre the State-houseof Wisconsin. In a semicircle above are tiie words : Civiiitas Suecessit Barharmn, Civilization has suc-ceeded the bottom of the Seal is the date of the formation of the Territorial Government, Fourth OP July, 1836, and around the Seal, in Roman capitals, the words, The Great of the Territort op UNITED STATES. The following is the recorded description of the device of the Seal ofthe United States, as adopted by Con-gress on the 20th of June, 1782. Arms : Paleways of thirteenpieces, argent and gules; a chiefazure ; the escutcheon on the breastof the American Eagle displayed,proper, holding in his dexter talonan olive branch, and in his sinistera bundle of thirteen arrows, all pro-per, and in his beak a scroll inscribedwith this motto, E pluribus unum For the Crest : Over the head ofthe Eagle, which appears above theescutcheon, a glory, or, breakingthrough a cloud, proper, and sur-rounding thirteen stars forming aconstellation, argent, on an azurefield. This seal has a Keverse side, ofwhich the foUomng is the descrip-tion. Reverse : A Pyramid unfinished.(Representing the American Confed-eracy as still incomplete,—the struc-ture to be carried upwards as newStates are admitted into the Union.) In the zenith an Eye in a triangle, (representing the All-seeing
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