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Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia

Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses, McIlwaine, H. R. (Henry Read), 1864-1934, ed, Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1871- , ed, Virginia State Library · 1619 · Richmond, Va. : [Library Board, Virginia State Library] · 3 pictures

Journals of the Virginia House of Burgesses, an official legislative record edited by H. R. McIlwaine and John Pendleton Kennedy and published in Richmond by the Virginia State Library, covering the colony's assembly from 1619. The pictures are three heraldic seals and arms: a royal British coat of arms with lion and unicorn, a Virginia coat of arms with two armoured supporters and a motto banner, and a provincial seal showing a standing governor offering a kneeling Native figure a scroll. Their engraved line work and dense heraldry suggest emblem and seal designs for period-styled stationery, certificates, or civic branding.

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