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| Description | First page of the bill version of the Act to provide for the safekeeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States, and for other purposes, passed on September 15, 1789, which renamed the Department of Foreign Affairs to the Department of State, gave it custody of the Great Seal of the United States (and reaffirmed its use under the new government), and assigned several other domestic duties to the department. |
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Extracted from PDF version of Keeping the Seal in Good Hands poster, part of a U.S. Diplomacy Center (State Department) exhibition on the 225th anniversary of the Great Seal. Direct PDF URL [1] (24MB) |
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The U.S. Diplomacy Center exhibition page states All materials in this exhibition are in the public domain and can be reproduced without permission. Citation of this source is appreciated. |
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