Seal of Tennessee

The Great Seal of the U.S. state of Tennessee was established on February 6, 1796 in the Constitution of the State. Nevertheless, the first draft was determined only on 25 September 1801.

Description

In the inner circle of the seal is the Roman numeral XVI, because Tennessee joined the United States as the 16th state. In the upper half of the inner circle, there is a plow, a sheaf of wheat, a cotton plant and the word " Agriculture" ( to German: Agriculture).

The lower half of the seal was originally painted a boat and a skipper and including the word " commerce " ( to German: trade ), but it was changed to a slightly different type of boat and the skipper omitted. The trade and movement of goods across the river was and is very important for the state because of its three great rivers of Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi.

Surrounded these images from the words "The Great Seal of the State of Tennessee," and " Feb. 6th, 1796 ." Day and month were omitted in later designs.

In 1987, the General Assembly of Tennessee the seal formally defined and approved in a standardized version.