Keywords: 1841USGreatSealDieImpression.jpg Impression made from the 1841 die of the Great Seal of the United States The impression is from a May 8 1845 presidential proclamation of James K Polk which was a convention with the Grand Duchy of Hesse signed on March 26 1944 for the mutual abolition of droit d'aubaine and taxes on emigration Scanned from page 203 of The Eagle and the Shield by Richard Patterson and Richardson Dougall 1978 1845-05-08 Photo courtesy of the National Archives PD-USGov Great Seal of the United States |