The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-29
Colonial Seals OF virGfnia-Ad dftfona
Data.
tn the Editor of the Dispatch

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
In the response OF DIR. Charles Deane to
nv letter regarding the seals Of the colony
of Virginia, kindly published with other
relevant matter in your issue OF She 18th
instant, he enclosed me an extract from a
letter addressed him by the late William
Green. Ii. D., of this city, which, in fur
ther elucidation Of the subject, i beg you
also to publish. The extract is as follows:
"Mr. Philip +. Howard remembers to
have seen and read, among the papers for
merly kept in the attic story OF the Capitol
Mt Richmond, document in the name
of Queen Anne. and cOunterIgned
BY Joseph Addison. lie is not Ger
tain whether il commanded or only per-
mitted the motto lof the arms OF the Coz
OWL 10 he changed from Zen DAT VIM
GINA QUINTtN" into ZEN DAT VIRGINIA
OuARTAM.' He feels certain that the paper
was carried of by depredatOrs within a
few months after the close of the late civil
war in 1865. Addison was appointed
Under-Secretary OF State in 1706, and con-
tinued such, | believe, until 1909. He
went TO Ireland with the Marquis of Whar-
ton rs his secretary. On the 9Th OF March,
1907, the Queen gave her royal assent to
an Act for an union of the two Kingdoms
of England and Scotland whereby that
measure became accomplished and per-
fected. Aud as the document. now missing,
but heretofore seen by Mr. Howard, was
sent over 10 Virginia so soon after,
doubtless the change in the motto from
'quintum TO 'qu;utaln,' thereby COM
handed or permitted. was occasioned by
that event. Previously. from the accession
of james the First, the royal style had
Efner or "a
of England, Scotland, France. and Ireland
-four realms); but afterwards twas Queen
or King Of Great Britain, France, and Ire
land three realms) until the union OF Great
Britain and Ireland, after which by royal
proclamation, dated Sd January, 1901. the
style was altered 10 what it has ever since
remained, King or Queen OF the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dropping France and all prctension TO the
crown thereof. The idea that Charles the
Second gave the motto Zen DAT VIRGINIA
QUINTUN' is exploded sufficiently by the
fact that that motto had appeared as long
before as the reign Of James the First (sce
Deane's Tract OH Seal for the Council for
New England p. 81, and when ii first APP
peared there was greater prOprlety in it,
since, at that time. Virginia was the sole
Dominion OF the Crown OF England on the
Continent Of America"
In the seals appointed by James the First
for his first and second Colony OF Virginia,
the words are: "SIGILLUM REGIS MAGNE
BRITANNlE, FRANCIE EFT HllBERNIE."-Q
Hening'S Stat, p. Gl.) But it is certain
that the royal style Is what | have above
mentioned as appears in the same instruc-
lions Dust quotedD at its commencement.
Il Hening'S Stat, p. 81. See also I6id.,
81, so, 9S, 1872, 1861 In the inscription ac-
companying an acknowledgement por-
trait of Queen Elizabeth, by Z" HenriCuS
HOndiuS," "Hdgdc COmH: Cum Pr,riIegaO
IHuSt ID. ID. ord. GCnerdliltm, 1882" in
The reception-rooms OF the Westmorcland
Clubhouse in this city, she is entitled a:
SERENIssIMA AC POTENTIsSIMA PRINCEPS
ELIsABET ID. G.. ANGLE, FRANCLF, IlIBER-
ME EFT VIRGINLE REGINA FIDEI CHRIS
TAME PROPUGNATRiX ACERRIMA." The
first use OF the pendant great or
broad seal OF the peculiar design
mentioned in my communication TO
DIR. Deanc, already published by you, is
established 10y royal proclamation OF
Queen Anne, published with an engraving
OF the seal in the american Historical
Records. j. Losing, Ii. d., editor
Vol. ", No. !, April, 1872, PIP. lGc-lG2
The proclamation is addressed: $40 ON
Right IruSty q KlgnJ W cl-BelONcU COUSIN
George, Earl Of Orkney, Our Lieutenant
and Govelnor-General OF Our Colony and
Dominion Of Virginia, i'm America, or tC
the Commander-in-Chief Of Our Said Colo
ny for the time being, Greeting: With this
you will receive n Seal prepared 10y oul
Order for the use of our Government o.
Virginia, which Seal is engraved on the
one side with ar Enigy and an Indian OF
his knee presenting tobacco TO us. This in
scription EN- DAT VIRGINIA QUARTAM being
under the eiiigy, and around the crcum
ference: VIRGINIA IN AMERICA SIGI4
LUM PROVINCIE. On III,
other side OF the SAID seal is engraven oul
arms, garter, crown, supporters, and motto
with this inscription around the circum
ference: ANNA DIE GKATIA MAGN.F
BRITrANNI4E FRANCIH EFT HIBrRNIE
REGINA FiDEI DEFENsoR, for use TO atfi,
the said seal TO all patents and grants O
land, and 10 all public acts and instrument
OF government which shall be made an,
passed in our maine within our said Colo
NY" the former seal ordered TO be broke,
ana transmitted TO the Commissioners O
Trade, England.l "Given at our Castle o
Windsor October 9th, 1712." Ii bears IN,
sign manual OF the Queen, and is counter
signed by the Earl OF Dartmouth.
am faithfully yours.
Il. A. Brock.