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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
DESCRIPTION OF THE SEAL, OF THE MICHIGAN TERRITORY.
This seal to be two inches in diameter within the ring which usually forms the outer edge. of seals. In the center of the seal to be a shield, or as the Heralds style it, an escutcheon, in the form in which they are represented in the plates of Heraldry. Within the shield to be a small tree, properly proportioned to the size of the shield. A motto at the bottom of the shield to be Tandem sit surculus arbor" ("The shoot at length becomes a tree"). The shield to be supported by an eagle on each side, presenting a side view to the eye, the eagle on one side standing upon the right foot, and supporting the shield with the other; and contra on the other side of the shield. From the beak of one eagle to that of the other to be a scroll, passing over the shield in a curve, and within the scroll to be the motto of the United States, "E pluribus unum. Round the seal to be these words, "Great Seal of the Territory of Michigan. " The motto on this shield is that of the Marquis of Waterford.
Civil War
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