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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
General John Robertson.
"Tuebor" is not original in the arms of Michigan; it is the motto on the arms of Viscount Torrington, an English nobleman, whose county seat is Gates Court, Meredith, near Maidstone, Kent County, England. The titles in this family of Baronet and Viscount were created respectively in 1715 and 1721. The arms bear no further resemblance to those of Michigan than the motto.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TERITORIAL SEAL OF MICHIGAN. [From the Record of Acts and Proceedings of the Executive Department of Michigan.
December first, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen: A description of the seal of the Territory of Michigan, and descriptions of the seals of the Supreme and other courts thereof, are devised, reduced to writing, and deposited for record, by His Excellency, Lewis Cass, Esquire; and are as follows, to wit:
Civil War
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