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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
In conformity with the following clause in the Constitution, adopted by the convention now in session, I transmit you the within description and accompanying device for deposit in your office, hereby certifying that they are the papers to which reference is made in said clause, viz.:
"A great seal for the State shall be provided by the Governor, which shall contain the device and inscriptions represented and described in the papers-relating thereto, signed by the President of the Convention and deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Territory. "
JOHN BIDDLE,
President of the Convention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
A shield shall be represented on which shall be exibited a peninsula extending into a lake, with the sun rising, and a man standing on the peninsula, with a gun in his hand.
Civil War
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