"A device printed in Franklin's newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette, shows a wriggling rattlesnake cut into pieces, with the initial letter of a colony on each piece."—Webster, 1920

Join or Die

"A device printed in Franklin's newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette, shows a wriggling rattlesnake cut…

"Unite or Die." This snake device first appeared when the Stamp Act excitement was at its height.

A Union Device

"Unite or Die." This snake device first appeared when the Stamp Act excitement was at its height.