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Item No: pdcc00177

Title: Seal of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, 1777.

Additional Title: Obverse and Reverse.

ScrapbooksPrint and Picture Collection

The obverse of the seal is emblazoned with a sailing ship, a plough and three sheaves of wheat all flanked by two ears of corn. The reverse depicts Liberty holding a wand topped by a liberty cap, a French symbol of liberty. In her right hand is a drawn sword. She is trampling upon tyrrany, represented by a lion. The entire design is encircled by the legend "Both Can't Survive."

Source: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/things/4280/symbols_of_pennsylvania/478690

A917.481 P536 v.3Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler