File:1841USGreatSealDieImpression.jpg

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Description Impression made from the 1841 die of the Great Seal of the United States. The impression is from a May 8, 1845 presidential proclamation of James K Polk, which was a convention with the Grand Duchy of Hesse (signed on March 26, 1944) for the mutual abolition of droit d'aubaine and taxes on emigration.
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Source Scanned from page 203 of The Eagle and the Shield by Richard Patterson and Richardson Dougall, 1978.
Author Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.

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