ARP314 The Great Seal

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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After years of effort, Congress adopts the Great Seal in the summer of 1782. It also debates what to do about Vermont. French Minister Luzerne throws a huge party in Philadelphia to help with Franco-American relations in light of continuing money problems. George Washington adopts new badges for the army, including the Purple Heart. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Eagle and the Shield: A History of the Great Seal of the United States, by Richard S Patterson & Richardson Dougall (also available on Archive.org). Online Recommendation of the Week: Great Seal: greatseal.com Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	Hello, and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:45.0	This week episode 314, The Great Seal.
0:49.0	We last looked in on the Continental Congress in episode 307 just after the victory at Yorktown.
0:54.9	Congress received the victorious General Washington and it also began pushing
0:59.6	off most of its work to Executive Secretaries, particularly the Secretary of Treasury, Robert Morris.
1:06.6	Even so, Congress found itself in an ever-increasingly precarious position.
1:11.6	With the war coming to an end, the states found it less important than ever to work together or to support the Army financially.
1:19.0	Congress had kept the government on life support, mostly by receiving financial assistance from France,
1:25.2	but with North America becoming less important to the French war effort and with the
1:30.4	French government's finances straining as well, Congress could not rely on much more
1:35.8	help from that source.
1:37.8	So in early 1782, Congress decided to focus on another pressing issue, approving the country's official seal.
1:46.0	The use of seals was an ancient practice, pre-dating a time when most people could read or write.
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