William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . Illustration No. i. Charter Seal of Wiluamburg, 1722 Copy of a drawing made from two wax seals attached to a manuscriptdated May 17, 1837, and mentioned in the text as attested by Henry Edloe,Mayor. The Gorgons head on the shield and owls head are rather imagi-native, as the wax impressions are too vague for the features to be easilydetermined. The Gorgons head, however, is unlike that of the hag de-picted on the shield in Illustration 2. > dom. The spear, shield and Gorgons head, which, according toGrecian mythology, turned to stone

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William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . Illustration No. i. Charter Seal of Wiluamburg, 1722 Copy of a drawing made from two wax seals attached to a manuscriptdated May 17, 1837, and mentioned in the text as attested by Henry Edloe,Mayor. The Gorgons head on the shield and owls head are rather imagi-native, as the wax impressions are too vague for the features to be easilydetermined. The Gorgons head, however, is unlike that of the hag de-picted on the shield in Illustration 2. > dom. The spear, shield and Gorgons head, which, according toGrecian mythology, turned to stone any one beholding ii, sug-gested the former character, while the owls head (?), emblem-atic of wisdom, sus:s:ested the latter. During the War between. ^ X o.

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