History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . of Tennessee Historical Society, Jan. 16, 1880. Letter, Governor of Tennessee,Jan. 31, 1867. g:]h STATK SEALS. AKMS. FLAIJS, AND COLOUS. Inion. The name Ten-as-se is said to siguify a curved sjjoon, andis derived from the Indian name for the river, — The river with tliebig bend. Tlie seal is circular, witli a white field, the upper half of
History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . of Tennessee Historical Society, Jan. 16, 1880. Letter, Governor of Tennessee,Jan. 31, 1867. g:]h STATK SEALS. AKMS. FLAIJS, AND COLOUS. Inion. The name Ten-as-se is said to siguify a curved sjjoon, andis derived from the Indian name for the river, — The river with tliebig bend. Tlie seal is circular, witli a white field, the upper half of wliich isoccupied <5n the right by a plow, on the centre by a sheaf of wlieat,and on tlie left by a stalk of cotton. Under-neatli these emblems, extending across the en-tire middle field, is the word AoiiicuLTruE,denotinu; that the first reliance of the Stateshould be upon jiroducts of the soil. Thelower half is occupied by a loaded barge, withthe word Commerce below the water, indi-cating that the prosperity of all may be pro-moted through this means. Over the sheaf ofwheat are the numerals xvi, denoting that this was the sixteenthState admitted into the Union. Around the border is the legend, The Great Seal of the State of Tennessee, * 1796.*. iVrms of Tennessee.
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