The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-12

: diri0us OF tnat famous day; also what
might have been his method or ap-
pliauce utilized for registering the
! heat OF the atmosphere. Here again
/ the supposedly valueless documents
furnish corroboratiye evidence Of JEFF
/ fersou's ability to obtain the desired
I information On July !. 1T76, Jefer-
son called on Mr.. Sparhawk to settle
/ an account, and this entry appears
among his papers as witness Of a GER
/ tain purchase and payment:
/ July I. 1776. Paid Sparhawk for a
! thermometer. SO, Is. Paid for pr.
probably pair) women's gloves, %.
Gave 10 charity 10"
The foregoing entry removes all
/ doubt as to Jeferson's ability to de-
( termine accurately the 76 degrees Of
( heat on the noon OF July 4th. and os-
tablishes the fact that it was calm
] and delightfully."- tempered summers
I day
/ Further search among Jeferson's
. papers brings TO light the correct
name of the German family which fur
I nished him with room and board at
the time when he wrote the Declare
ton and devised a number of designs
/ for a seal OF the young republic. one
entry reading:
"Pd Mrs. GRAF one weeks lodging,
35."
On the 9th day Of July, 1916, the
. committee on seal met at the tavern
OF the London Coffee House, and while
. the report formulated on that occa-
sion contains much Of general inter
est. It is only necessary 10 consider in
this connection the items in which the
hand Of jefferson is seen. He was
made chairman of the committee. and
It was he who addressed congress on
the subject. While Jeferson's device
was not accepted by the committee,
he assisted in creating a Couioint de-
vice in which the ideas of Dr.. Frank
lin himself and a French artist
named Du Simitier were blended. In
the report 10 congress in the fall OF
1776 Jefferson presented the double
sided idea of a seal on the diverse. or
front, of which the following appear
ed:
A shield divided into six fields upon
which were emblems Of the LEADING
European nations: above the shield
the eye OF Providence; the shield was
supported on the right side by the
goddess OF Liberty. on a staff she held
a Phrygian cap; on the left side OF
the shield the goddess Of Justice held
forth the scales Of justice in the left.
and a sword in the right hand. Around
the entire device the thirteen shields
OF the colonies appeared with their
initials blazoned upon them" On the
+ back. or reverse. Of the proposed seal
the Franklin idea was displayed as
follows:
Legend round the whole achieve
ment, Seal Of the United States Of
America. AlDCCLXXVI'
"On the other side Of the said Great
Seal should be the following device:
"Pharoah sitting in an open chariot.
a crown on his head and a sword in
his right hand. passing through the
divided waters of the Red Sea. in pur.
suit OF the Israelites Rays from
/ pillar of fire in the cloud. expressive
of the divine presence and command.
beaming on Moses. who stands on the
+ shore. and extending his hand over
/ the sea. causes it to overthrow Phar-
aoh
Motto, Rebellion to Tyrarts is
. Obedience to Cod"
But congress rejected the device
and report, dismissed the committee
and appointed a new one Yet JEFF.
/ fersou's keen interest in the heralGic
! creation of a symbolic seal did not
wane He kept in touch with several
T future committees and submitted two
other important designs. both of which
throw new light on the religious and