“Some of these men who sat as judges at the trial of Charles I are said to have become peaceable settlers here, and to have remained after the restoration. * * * It is reported also, that the remains of President Bradshaw were interred in Jamaica; and I observe in a splendid book, entitled ‘Memoirs of Thomas Hollis,’ an epitaph which is said to have been inscribed on the president’s grave; but it is to my own knowledge a modern production.” It may be added that the author made inquiry of Louis A. Dent, esq., lately Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, when he was United States consul at Kingston, concerning traditions of this epitaph, and he declared he knew of none. As his knowledge of Jamaica was thorough such traditions would hardly have escaped him if existent. That anyone should seize upon the rumors surrounding Bradshaw’s death and make them the basis of a fictitious epitaph is a cause of wonder, until we remember that the author was Benjamin Franklin, whose unique imagination was amused by constructing epitaphs and kindred compositions. His object in this case may easily have been the very effect of inflaming public opinion which Hollis noticed had resulted. The statement that the epitaph was on a cannon at Martha Bay was presumably attached to the copies Hollis saw and accepted by him in good faith. Footnote 17: Preble’s History of the Flag, 259 _et seq._ Footnote 18: Journals of Congress (W. C. Ford, editor), 1907, VII, 59. Footnote 19: Austin’s Life of Elbridge Gerry, vol. 1, p. 336. Footnote 20: When the committee was appointed from which emanated in 1782 the seal finally accepted, a memorandum, endorsed “proceedings respect^g. a seal of the United States Mr. Middleton Mr. Boudinot Mr. Lee,” was made by Lovell for the committee’s use, showing from the papers in the office of the Secretary of Congress what had already been done in the matter of the seal. After setting forth the action of 1776 it states that the Lovell committee was appointed March 25, _1779_, and the report is given as follows: “Original Report of May 10 1779 the Seal to be 4 inches Diametre On one Side The arms of the United States as follows The Shield charged on the Field with 13 diagonal Stripes alternate red & white—Supporters, dexter, a Warriour holding a Sword; Sinister a Figure representing Peace bearing an Olive Branch—The Crest a radiant Constellation of 13 Stars—The motto Bello vel Paci—The legend round the Atchievement Seal of the United States “On the Reverse—The Figure of Liberty seated in a Chair holding the Staff & cap. The motto Semper—Underneath MDCCLXXVI” The memorandum also says that on May 17 “The Report of the Com^{tee}. on the Device of a great Seal was taken into Consideration and after Debate Ordered, That it be recommitted.”