This is endorsed, “Copy of a Report made Aug. 10, 1776,” and is in the
handwriting of no member of the committee, but of James Lovell.
The description of the arms by Du Simitière is among the Jefferson
Papers in the Library of Congress, and shows a design identical with
that approved by the committee, except as to the supporters, Du
Simitière’s description being:
Supporters, dexter, the Goddess Liberty, in a corslet of armour,
(alluding to the present times) holding in her right hand the Spear
and Cap, resting with her left on an anchor, emblem of Hope. Senester,
an american Soldier, compleatly accoutred in his hunting shirt and
trousers, with his tomahawk, powder horn, pouch &c. holding with his
left hand his rifle gun rested, and the Shield of the States with his
right.
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