The history of the seal of the United States

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E PLURIBUS UNUM
WASHINGTON, D. C.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
1909
WASHINGTON
Government Printing Office
1909
To the Honorable Philander C. Knox,
Secretary of State.
Sir: In 1892, when I was serving in your Department, by direction of Secretary James G. Blaine I prepared an historical sketch of the seal of the United States, entitled “The Seal of the United States: How It was Developed and Adopted,” which the Department printed. It was prepared in a given time and was meager; and since it appeared I have gathered additional information concerning the history of the seal, which I now have the honor to offer the Department, the edition of the monograph of 1892 being exhausted.