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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
General John Robertson,
Detroit, February 6th, 1877.
My Dear General: —In reply to your inquiry as to my recollections, if any, as to the origin of our State coat of arms, I can say that when a law student with Major Lewis Cass, in the year 1841, we had some conversation on the subject; and as I now recall it, he then stated that when the matter was under consideration by the State authorities, his father, the late General Cass, was consulted, and together they selected and modified the celebrated inscription upon the black marble slab that marks the tomb of Sir Christopher Wren in
That is to say, my monument is the great temple itself which I have here de-sigued and reared. Observing as the distinguishing feature of the State its peninsular character, they modified this motto by substituting quceris peninsulam ammnam for the words momimentum requiris; so that the motto as shaped by them, then read as translated, —"If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you.
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