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Description: A document of the Continental Congress, signed by President of the Congress John Hanson and Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson, giving George Washington the authority to negotiate with Great Britain for the "exchange, subsistence, and better treatment of prisoners of war." This was the first document impressed with the Great Seal of the United States, which had been designed a few months previously.
Title: WashingtonNegotiatingAuthorizationSept1782
Credit: Extracted from PDF version of Using the Great Seal as the Nation Expands poster, part of a U.S. Diplomacy Center (State Department) exhibition on the 225th anniversary of the Great Seal. Direct PDF URL [1] (21MB) Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. The George Washington Papers.
Author: U.S. Government
Permission: 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.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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