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BEFORE IT ADJOURNED ON - State
17761 BEFORE IT ADJOURNED ONJULY4, 1776, THEC ontinental Congress of the newly independ-ent United states passed a resolution:Resolved, that Dr. Franklin, Mr. J. Adamsand Mr. Jefferson, be a committee, to bringin a device for a seal for the United states , three of the five men who had drafted theDeclaration of Independence were brought togetherin further service to their country. The revolution-aries needed an emblem and national coat of armsto give visible evidence of a sovereign nation and afree people with high aspirations and grand hopesfor the future. The task proved far more difficultthan anticipated; it took 6 years, two more com-mittees, and the combined efforts of 14 men beforethe Great Seal of the United states became a realityon June 20, Great Seal of the United StatesThe First Committee formed to bring in a devicefor a seal for the United states of America.
1782 4 clenched in the eagle’s beak. His was the first proposal in which the final design of the obverse can be seen. In his design of the seal’s reverse, Thomson retained the pyramid with
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