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MSA SC 1551-7-1
Collection	Great Seals of Maryland Collection
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Dates	1854
Medium	original (metal)
Restrictions	RESTRICTED: Do not circulate without the permission of the State Archivist or the Director of Special Collections.
Storage	Contact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Great Seal of 1854. In 1854 the General Assembly ordered a new Great Seal. Agreeing with Governor E. Louis Lowe that the seal should "consist of the arms of the State, and not of a device which has no significant relation to its local history," the legislature ordered a return to the Calvert design. Unfortunately, a crude woodcut was used as the model. Several inaccuracies resulted, most notably the use of only five bars, or pales, in the Calvert quadrant of the shield, and the use of the "increase and multiply" motto on the scroll.

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