On the afternoon of 4 July 1776 Congress asked Franklin, John Adams and Jefferson to design a seal for the new nation. Hunt traces what followed: their rejected device, the Lovell committee, William Barton’s designs, Charles Thomson’s final arms, an illegally cut seal, the later dies and how the seal has been used.
A compact, documented history of an American emblem, with a glossary of heraldic terms. Download the free EPUB.