Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
Acts and resolves passed by the General Court is a Boston session-law volume issued by the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, dated 1663 in the record. Its four pictures are small woodcut seals: a shield holding a standing Native figure with a star above and a bow or spear, topped by a crossed-tool crest and framed by ribbon scrolls, with the last adding a floral garland and Latin motto banner. A designer could take the compact, symmetrical shield-and-scroll emblem structure as a model for civic or official badges.
