Keywords: TreatyOfParisDraftLastPage.jpg Last page of a draft of the 1783 Treaty of Paris sealed with the signet rings of the four diplomats David Hartley was the representative of the British King and Benjamin Franklin John Jay and John Adams represented the United States In these days diplomats could use their family seals on drafts while today they would be initialed and and only after being ratified sealed with the Great Seal of the United States Extracted from PDF version of http //diplomacy state gov/exhibitions/100935 htm Seals and Symbols in the American Colonies poster part of a U S Diplomacy Center State Department exhibition on the 225th anniversary of the Great Seal Direct PDF URL http //diplomacy state gov/documents/organization/101209 pdf 21MB <br/> Courtesy of the National Archives ARC 299805 1783-09-03 U S Government The http //diplomacy state gov/exhibitions/100935 htm 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 NARA-image 299805 <gallery>Image Treaty of Paris 1783 - last page hi-res jpg Last page of the final treaty</gallery> PD-old-100 PD-USGov Treaty of Paris 1783 Sealing wax |