Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
A Massachusetts legislative compilation of session laws, published by the Commonwealth's Secretary in Boston, with a 1663 date given in the record. Its one picture is the state coat of arms: a shield bearing a standing Native American figure holding a bow and a five-pointed star above, flanked by ribbon scrolls with Latin mottos and a sword-wielding arm at the crest. The arms are a plain engraved emblem, useful to a designer for heraldic shield layouts, ribbon banners and symmetrical seal composition.
