. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . er, the Goddess of Liberty, in acorslet of armor, in allusion to the then state of war,and holding in her right hand the spear and cap, andwith her left supporting the shield or the States; sinis-ter, the Goddess of Justice, bearing a sword in herright hand, and in her left a balance. Crest, the eye of Providence in a radiant triangle,whose glory extends over the shield and beyond thefigures; motto. E Pluribus Unum. * Legend round the whole
. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . er, the Goddess of Liberty, in acorslet of armor, in allusion to the then state of war,and holding in her right hand the spear and cap, andwith her left supporting the shield or the States; sinis-ter, the Goddess of Justice, bearing a sword in herright hand, and in her left a balance. Crest, the eye of Providence in a radiant triangle,whose glory extends over the shield and beyond thefigures; motto. E Pluribus Unum. * Legend round the whole achievement, Seal of theUnited States of America, MDCCLXXVL * On the other side of the said Great Seal shouldbe the following device: Pharaoh sitting in an open chariot, a crown on hishead, and a sword in his right hand, passing throughthe divided waters of the Red Sea, in pursuit ofthe Israelites. Rays from a pillar of fire in the cloud,expressive of the divine presence and command, beam-ing on Moses, who stands on the shore, and extendinghis hand over the sea, causes it to overthrow Pha-raoh. Motto, * Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience toGod.* •. Conjoint Devices — Reported by Jetterson. Without any additional remarks, after havingfinished reading, Jefferson quietly took his referred the report back to the com-mittee, asking for an early supplemental may be interesting to learn how Jeffersoncame to make the report and also learn whatFranklin and Adams contributed to the com-mittees report. A Frenchman, Du Simetiereby name, had been requested to attend the com-mittee meeting, he being the most expert pen-and-pencil artist in Philadelphia. He took greatinterest in the American cause; and his atten-tion was early called to the fact that in Amer-ica, artists were in demand; and, in consequencehe began painting profiles in black, of distin-guished Americans and caricatures of promi-nent Englishmen engaged in the war. Hispaintings and miniatures had attr
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