National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-10
LETrER FRoT 1NNApoLts. .

lCoEreSpOn0ence OF the Aationai REPUBLICAN, j.
ANNAPoLIs, Sept. Q, 11G
The portraits Of Governors johnson and stone,
and William Paca, and the seal Of this State,
save few finishing touches TO the latter, are now
ready for transportation TO Independence Hall,
Philadelphia.
LPropos Of the alterations In the coat OF ANS
and the great seal Of the State, It may be ~
marked that Maryland is one Of the few States
which have Q correct and historic coat Of arms
the States generally having adopted faneiful
devices, which possess bu. little artistic merit or
heraldie significance.
The first seal Of the province Of Maryland, de-
signed BY the nrst Lord Baltimore, was engraved.
in England In 1852, and was brought to this State
in the expedition which sailed in November, 1853.
1t was cut In silver, and measured y inches in
diameter.
Lord Baltimore furnished in 1919 new seal,
with some slight changes nom the first, and stIll
another, with the same device, in 1855 the former
having been lost or stolen, probably by the revU-
luton in the colony, the Puritans OF Annapolis
during this period having defeatedthe st. Mary's
men and taken possession Of the State govern
ment.
The present seal is the sixth cae the State has
had and was adopted March /, 1854
In accordance with the resolution Of the last
Legislature, Governor Groome selected Mr..
Frank B. Mayer TO paint correct coat-oEarms
for Independence Hall, Philadelphia, but the
resolution having &c. up seal, found in Baeonis
edition Of the laws Of the State, As the correct
eoat-oEarms, has only enacted resolution to per-
petuste errors, instead Of removing them, as this
copy iE not the same as the Calvert arms, which
the resolution says also It wishes to restore to The
seal, However, Mr.. Mayer has finished the
work, with the exception mentioned above, and It
Is ready TO be sent TO 0 distant State, and tho
Legislature having made no provision for copy,
Maryland viii be without her corrected eoat-oC.
arms, whilst sister State has f.
The arms Of the State, as represented BY Mr..
Mayors work, are founded upon those Of Lord
Baltimore, with the distinction that they ex-
press the emblems Of sovereign State, while
those Of the Calyerts we're but the insignia Of
private family. The Calvert shield is supported
on either side by the fisherman and the farmer,
habited in the costumes Of 1854 and correctly pre-
senting the garb Of the people, while they SYM
boliEed the sustaining powers Of the State. An
Earl's c0ronet supports q helmet seen in full
front, emblematiEing sovereignty and having for
Q crest two bannerets Of yellow and black, from
the prevalence Of which eolors In our arms the
beautiful ofiols has been christened tae Baltimore
oriole. The original motto Of ''Manly deeds,
Womanly Words,n which was retained on the Gov
eminent seal down to the Revelation, has given
place 70 thst Of aeTesests ct muIfspEteanTA," In
crease and multiply, which, as far az is ascertain
able, made its hrst appearance on the seal on the
paper money Issued by the State about 1Too. BY
what authority, however, is not knsWn. The hg-
ures 1854 the date Of the charter Of the province
TO Lord Baltimore are placed in the center Of the
seal, two figures on each side Of the shield. The
large lambrequin found on the nrst seal Of the
State has also been restored.
The work, as It stands is the result o. patient
and intelligent research, IN which historic and
heraldic accuracy has been united with an agree
able combination Of forms and colors. Although
the Legislature made no provision for the historic
and heraldie work, yet the Executive may, per-
haps, see it, from the contingent fund ct his dis
posal, TO order one to be taken Tor the state.