Evidently an error was made in the dates by Lovell when he transcribed the memorandum. A committee appointed in _1779_, if its report had been submitted May 10, _1779_, and recommitted May 17, _1779_, could hardly have made a second report May 10, _1780_, to have it recommitted May 17, _1780_. The MS. journal for March 25, 1780, says: “_Ordered_, That the report of the committee on the device of a great Seal for the United States in Congress assembled, be referred to a committee of three: “The members chosen, Mr. Lovell, Mr. Scott and Mr. Houston.” The MS. journal for May 17, 1780, says: “The report of the committee on the device of a seal was taken into consideration; and after debate, “_Ordered_, That it be recommitted.” Footnote 21: Pennsylvania Magazine, X, 414. Footnote 22: Note by Barton: “In the Arms of Scotland, as marshalled in the Royal Atchievement, the double Tressure which surrounds the Lion is borne _flory_ and _counter flory_ (with Fleurs-de-lis); which is in Consequence of a Treaty that was entered into, between Charlemagne, then Emperor & King of France, and Achaius King of Scotland; to denote that the French Lillies should guard & defend the Scottish Lion.” Footnote 23: Totten, I, 104, 108; Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, 1866–1867, p. 351. Footnote 24: Note by Henry Livingston Thomas, late Translator, Department of State. Footnote 25: Note by Barton: “As the Pales or Pallets consist of an uneven Number, they ought, in strictness, to be blazoned—Arg^t. 6 Pallets gules: but as the 13 pieces allude to the thirteen States, they are blazoned according to the Number of _pieces paleways_.” Footnote 26: Vol. II, p. 656. Footnote 27: For discussion of the Prestwich claim, see Totten, I, 63 _et seq._ Footnote 28: Journals of Congress, vol. 4 (ed. 1823), p. 39. Footnote 29: The Department of State of the United States; Its History and Functions (Hunt), 50, 51. Footnote 30: See Totten, I, 212. Footnote 31: Totten, I, 171 _et seq._ Footnote 32: Life of Franklin (Bigelow), III, p. 252. Footnote 33: 18 Stat., 23. Footnote 34: 18 Stat., 420. Footnote 35: 25 Stat., 387. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES Page Changed from Changed to 12 the Israelites; Rays from a the Israelites; Rays from a pillow of Fire in the Cloud pillar of Fire in the Cloud ● Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained. ● Used numbers for footnotes, placing them all at the end of the last chapter. ● Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. ● The caret (^) serves as a superscript indicator, applicable to individual characters (like 2^d) and even entire phrases (like 1^{st}).