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Resolution of the States of Friesland regarding the acceptance of John Adams as envoy of the United States of America and the rejection of a separate peace with England
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Silver medal. Obverse: Friesland, depicted as a man in old Frisian dress, shaking hands with America, depicted as a woman with two feathers on her head, leaning with her left hand on a shield with inscription and sceptre and broken chains at her feet; behind them a woman representing England, vainly offering a branch of peace, while with her other hand she leans on a shield with inscription; at her feet a leopard; above them in a radiant halo: an angel with a liberty cap in his hand; cut: signature. Reverse: hand from the clouds holding a crowned coat of arms above an inscription.
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Credit lineBesluit van de landdag van de Staten van Friesland, betreffende het aanvaarden van John Adams als gezant van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika en het afwijzen van een afzonderlijke vrede met Engeland. 1782. Barend Christiaan van Calker. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
