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Inventory for MSA SC 1551-5



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MSA SC 1551-5-1
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate without the permission of the State Archivist or the Director of Special Collections.
Dates1794
Mediumoriginal (metal)
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
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Great Seal of 1794 (obverse). The first Constitution of Maryland provided that the Governor's Council determine what the great seal of the state should be. At first the Council simply ordered that the Great Seal of 1648 be continued. But in 1794 the Council ordered a new seal that eliminated all reference to the Calvert family. The new seal was designed by the noted American artist Charles Willson Peale. The obverse side shows a woman holding the scales of justice.
MSA SC 1551-5-2
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate without the permission of the State Archivist or the Director of Special Collections.
Dates1794
Mediumoriginal (metal)
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Great Seal of 1794 (reverse). The first Constitution of Maryland provided that the Governor's Council determine what the great seal of the state should be. At first the Council simply ordered that the Great Seal of 1648 be continued. But in 1794 the Council ordered a new seal that eliminated all reference to the Calvert family. The new seal was designed by the noted American artist Charles Willson Peale. The reverse side shows a tobacco hogshead and tobacco leaves, sheaves of wheat, a cornucopia, and a ship in the background, all symbols of Maryland's agriculture and trade.

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