Wilson’s Geometry of We the People, the Dual State and National Sovereigns

In Scotland, Wilson had learned that the vesica piscis, the shared area of two intersecting circles, was the source of every geometric shape, as proven by Euclid’s Propositions. Applying this principle to law and government, the People were the shared state and national sovereigns, superseding all governments. Wilson, thus, included a vesica piscis in his diagraming of popular sovereignty. Importantly, notice the second quill stroke that carefully corrected the angle of the upper vertex of the vesica. This second stroke demonstrates Wilson’s intentionality in drawing the vesica.

The Ink Smears and Amber Bead: Wilson sprinkled the wet ink with the drying agent known as pounce. Not allowing sufficient drying time, Wilson swept the pounce, causing the ink to smear. Some of the pounce remained in the gutter of the book. Sandarac, a conifer-derived resin in pounce, congealed over time, leaving the telltale translucent amber bead.