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 (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 742
26th of Sep-tember, 1778, at the same time that onewas directed for tlie Navy Department,and the device then adopted for thecontinental treasury seal has been con-tinued in use by the Treasury Depart-ment up to the present time. It consistsof a white or silver shield, divided by achevron studded… … Seal of tlie Treasury Department, 177S-1S80. State Department. — The device on the seal of the State Depart-ment is an eagle volant, bearing in its beak the motto, E PlurihusUnum and over its head the constellation ofthirteen stars. On its breast is the Americanshield, the blue field of the upper…
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