This article is about historical rolls of arms as presented in the works State Arms of the Union (1876) and Series 1882BB National Bank Notes. For the present coats of arms of the United States, see Armorial of the United States.
Historical coats of arms of the U.S. states date back to the admission of the first states to the Union. Despite the widely accepted practice of determining early statehood from the date of ratification of the United States Constitution, many of the original colonies referred to themselves as states shortly after the Declaration of Independence was signed on 4 July 1776. Committees of political leaders and intellectuals were established by state legislatures to research and propose a seal and coat of arms. Many of these members were signers of the Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence, and United States Constitution. Several of the earliest adopted state coats of arms and seals were similar or identical to their colonial counterparts.
State Arms of the Union, illustrated by Henry Mitchell and published by Louis Prang (known as the father of the lithographic industry), offers historically accurate renderings of the state's coats of arms as they existed in 1876. An accomplished engraver with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for 40 years, Mitchell was responsible for engraving several coats of arms for official state use as well as arms for well-known educational and philanthropic organizations. The illustrations are presented alongside proof impressions from the engraved dies used to print the state arms on the first issue of United States National Bank Notes.
A state coat of arms may exist independently of the seal, but the reverse is not generally the case.[4] A seal contains a coat of arms or other devices[5][6] whereas a state coat of arms constitutes the bulk of a seal,[6][7] except for the wording identifying it as the "Great Seal of the State of..."[8] A "seal" has been described as the design impressed on public or legislative official documents,[9] whereas a coat of arms generally appears for illustrative purposes. Examples include flags and banners,[10] and state militia uniform caps[11] and buttons,[12] as well as specifically designed regimental coats of arms for U.S. Infantry Regiments, and National Guard units.[13]
A coat of arms of a nation or state is usually the design or device of the obverse of its seal. It is an official emblem, mark of identification, and symbol of the authority of the government of a nation or state. A nation or state's coat of arms is oftentimes referred to as the national or state arms.[14]
Design
The design of a state coat of arms or seal has generally been authorized by a provision in the state constitution or a legislative act. In most instances, a committee (more often than not consisting of three members)[15][16][17][18] was appointed to study the issue, seek advice from qualified artists, historians, legal scholars, etc., and report back to the authorizing legislative body with a design for their approval. Historically, this committee has consisted of notable members of society and elected officials.
An impression of the Great Seal of a state (or its coat of arms) has long been required on official documents ranging from deeds to legislative acts. It was the emblem that certified the authenticity of a given document[14][22] or that the authority of the state was invested in the said document.[22] Judicial decisions upheld the need for a valid seal and/or coat of arms on notarized documents.[nb 1]
One of the more compelling legislative actions recognizing the legal importance/authority of the state seal and arms occurred in February 1873 when a joint session of the United States Congress refused to recognize Arkansas's electoral votes in the November 1872 presidential election.[23] The official tally of the state's electoral votes was submitted with an invalid seal (bearing the coat of arms of the office of the Secretary of the State of Arkansas versus the seal of the state of Arkansas bearing the state arms).[23][24][25]
Regulation
Courts and state legislatures also opined on the inappropriate uses of state seals and arms. Most states barred their use for any kind of advertising.[nb 2] Reproduction for corporate use was similarly prohibited[26] and such infractions were classified as offenses against public property.[27] The 2003 Code of Federal Regulations pertaining to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives prohibits the use of state seals or coats of arms in product branding so as not to mislead the public into thinking that a commercial product has been endorsed by a government organization.[28]
Instances of design inaccuracies
A state coat of arms provided an opportunity to convey the natural and industrial resources available to its residents.[31] Common themes depicted in state arms include farming, industry, transportation (e.g., boats, trains, and wagons), and nature (e.g., sunsets and mountains). The Ohio and Indiana state arms depict fairly substantial mountains in the distance. In reality, the highest points in Ohio and Indiana are Campbell Hill (1,550 feet (470 m))[32] and Hoosier Hill (1,257 feet (383 m))[33] respectively.
The Florida state arms also depicts mountains in the distance but the highest point in the state is 345 feet (105 m) feet high.[34] In addition to the distortion of local geography,[35] the image also contains historically inaccurate information. The period depicted in the state arms (c. 1830) was a time when the local SeminoleNative Americans were hostile toward white settlers; the warm greeting (e.g., flower petals strewn on the ground) offered by the Seminole to the arriving steam ship would have been highly improbable.[35] Furthermore, the Seminole woman depicted would not have worn any headdress, particularly one of northern and western Seminole tribes.[35]
Louis Prang was born 12 March 1824 in Breslau. At the age of 13 he began apprenticing for his father[37] and learned to dye and print calico, as well as wood and metal engraving.[38] Prang emigrated to Boston in 1850 and became an illustrator for a number of local publications.[39] Starting a business partnership in 1856 to manufacture copper and lithographic plates, Prang became sole proprietor in 1860 and named the company L. Prang & Co.[38] He specialized in color printing, more specifically "chromolithography"[37] Prang spent over four decades studying and creating a standard of colors[40] and engraved and printed maps, prints of contemporary celebrities, and color reproductions of famous works of art.[39]
Henry Mitchell was born in New York in 1835 and went to school in Philadelphia.[42] At the age of 10 he began working with his uncle[43] to learn the trade of gem and steel engraving.[44] By the age of 20 (1855), Mitchell had engraved the official seals for the Kingdom of Hawaii.[44][45]
In addition to being considered an expert on heraldry,[45] Mitchell was regarded as one of the best engravers[42][43] and medal designers in the United States.[51]
State Arms depicted on United States banknotes
The National Bank Act (12 Stat.532) authorized the issue of a national currency. Historical vignettes on the front and back were the same by denomination (e.g., Landing of Columbus was on the reverse of all $5 notes)[52] and the state coat of arms (located on the reverse left side) was coordinated with the geographic location of the issuing bank.[52] Records do not clearly state who bore the responsibility for the design of the state arms (i.e., the U.S. Treasury Department, or the three bank note companies contracted for engraving and printing).[53] It appears that the first dies (for New Jersey, Missouri, Minnesota, and Vermont) were completed by the American Bank Note Company by 9 October 1863 based on their own drawings.[54] State arms appeared on the reverse of the Original and 1875 Series notes (first and second issue of the first design), and the 1882 Brown Back Series (the second design) of National Bank Notes.
Examples of arms depicted on Colonial and National currency
The main table contains four columns. Location refers to either the territory or state and is linked to the most relevant article (e.g., Seal of... or Coat of arms of...). All but one of the illustrations are included in a relevant article. Coat of arms contains the State Arms of the Union illustrations. National Bank Note contains the state arms found on U.S. National Currency between 1863 and the 1890s. Information lists the date of statehood and/or territorial organic act date and the date the state or territorial arms were accepted by constitutional convention or legislative assembly.
1868-07-25Organic Act – 25 July 1868[114] Statehood – 10 July 1890
Missing territorial or state coats of arms
When State Arms of the Union was published in 1876, some existing arms were not included (e.g., Arizona and Washington Territory). At the time, Alaska was classified as the Department of Alaska (1867–84) and became the District of Alaska (1884–1912) before becoming the Territory of Alaska (1912–59). The Alaska territorial seal was designed in 1910[115] and adopted in 1913.[116] On 3 January 1959 Alaska became the 49th U.S. State.[117] The Oklahoma Territory (1890–1907) Organic Act was approved on 2 May 1890, and a territorial seal was adopted on 10 January 1893.[118]Hawaii, formerly the Kingdom of Hawaii (1795–1893), Republic of Hawaii (1894–98), and then Territory of Hawaii (1898–1959) became the 50th U.S. State on 21 August 1959.[119] None of the territories or states mentioned above had a coat of arms represented on national currency.
^Tickner et al. v. Roberts, 11 La. 14 (Louisiana Supreme Court March 1837) ("...notarial instruments were required to be authenticated by a seal, containing the coat of arms of the territory, the name and surname of the notary, his official capacity, and the place in which he exercised his office...the protest in this case, lacking the seal, which the law of that State prescribed, it appears to us, ought not to be received in evidence in our courts."), archived from the original..
^For example, see Commonwealth v. R.I. Sherman Manufacturing Company, 189 Mass. 76 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 8 Sep 1905) ("The Massachusetts statute prohibiting the use of its arms or seal for advertising or commercial purposes is not in conflict with the clause of the Constitution of the United States investing Congress with power to regulate commerce among the several states")..
^Although the pictured example is from a 1776 colonial note, the arms depicted was designed and adopted on 25 October 1711.[55]
^ abcdAlthough the example used is a Series of 1882 Brown Back, the coat of arms on the first issue 1860s notes used the same engraved dies for the arms.
^Any missing images in this column indicates that at that time of publication (1876) a given territory had not attained statehood and/or did not have an official territorial coat of arms.
^The date listed for the adoption of the state arms refers to the design illustrated in State Arms of the Union. Column sort function is chronological based on the date of statehood (ratification of the U.S. Constitution) or territorial status (Organic Act).
^The illustrated coat of arms of Maryland was the tenth version of the seal, and a restoration to the description offered by Lord Baltimore on 12 August 1648).[79]
^In 1861 Mississippi adopted a coat of arms and state flag. However, in 1865 the approval was rescinded leaving Mississippi without official state arms until 1894.[84] On 6 February 1894 the proposed design for the state coat of arms was approved.[85]
^According to the State Constitution of Montana, in the event of a transition from a Territorial to State government, the Territorial Seal would remain effective until expressly changed by legislative action.[89]
^The illustrated arms represent the change from the territorial to state arms. However, the BEP engraved arms were never updated.
^The New Mexico coat of arms (territorial or state) was never used on National Bank Notes.
^North Dakota was admitted to the United States on 2 November 1889 (after the 1876 publication of the State Arms of the Union).[97]
^While the seal of Ohio had experienced several unauthorized varieties in use, in 1868 legislature reverted the official design to the initial seal from the state constitution of 1803.[6]
^The Washington Territory seal was authorized (but never described) during the first session of the Territorial Legislature on 28 February 1854.[111] The coat of arms appearing on National currency was a new design adopted after statehood.
^ abcDavis, T. Frederick (1924). "Florida's Great Seal: Its Historical Inaccuracies". Publications of the Florida Historical Society. 3 (2). Florida Historical Society: 16–19. JSTOR30138842.
^"State Arms of the Union". Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^"Proceedings of Select Committee". Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives (First Session, Thirty-Eighth Congress). Government Printing Office. 1864.
^"Proceedings of Select Committee". Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives (First Session, Thirty-Eighth Congress). Government Printing Office: 274. 1864.
^ abLeeson, Michael A. (1885). History of Montana. Warner, Beers & Company. pp. 235–37.
^"The Coat of Arms of Idaho". Journal of the Fourth Session of the Council of Idaho Territory. Idaho "Statesman" Publishing Company Printers: 175–76. 1867.
^Barlow, Catherine B. (1915). "State Arms of New Jersey". Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. 46/47.
^"Seal – Territory". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico. 27. J.A. Carruth, Printer, Binder and Blank Book Manufacturers: 229. 1887.
^"The Second Great Seal". Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at Its Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting. Wisconsin Historical Society: 300–301. 1907.
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