Before revision: Seal The Great Seal of the United States Shortly after the creation of the first die for the Great Seal of the United States, the Congress of the Confederation ordered a smaller seal for the use of the President of the Congress.
After revision: Seal upright=.70|Drawing of the original 1782 Great Seal of the United States Shortly after the creation of the first die for the Great Seal of the United States, the Congress of the Confederation ordered a smaller seal for the use of the President of the Congress.