. American history:. IOWA.—The Seal of Iowa contains the following sim-ple device ; An Eagle in the attitude of flight, grasping inits dexter talon a Bow, and holding in its beak an the border of the seal are the words. Seal opTHE Territory op Iowa. (No State Seal haa yet beenadopted.). 14 106 THE PUBLIC SEALS, OR COATS OF ARMS- [Book IL WISCONSIN. The Seal of Wisconsin presents a Tiewof land and water scenery, designed to represent theagricultural, commercial, and mining interests of theState. In the foreground is a man ploughing with aspan of horses: the middle ground is occupie
. American history:. IOWA.—The Seal of Iowa contains the following sim-ple device ; An Eagle in the attitude of flight, grasping inits dexter talon a Bow, and holding in its beak an the border of the seal are the words. Seal opTHE Territory op Iowa. (No State Seal haa yet beenadopted.). 14 106 THE PUBLIC SEALS, OR COATS OF ARMS- [Book IL WISCONSIN. The Seal of Wisconsin presents a Tiewof land and water scenery, designed to represent theagricultural, commercial, and mining interests of theState. In the foreground is a man ploughing with aspan of horses: the middle ground is occupied by abarrel, a cornucopia, an anchor, a sheaf of wheat, arake, and a pile of lead in bars—the latter, the most im-portant of the mineral products of the State. The twogreat lakes that border the State—Lakes Michigan andI Superior, have their representatiyes ; on one of which isseen a sloop, and on the other a steamboat—and on theshore an IncUan pointing towards the latter. In the dis-tance is a level prairie, skirted, on the horizon, by arange of woodland, and having on the left a Light-houseand School Building, and in the centre the State-houseof Wisconsin. In a semicircle above are tiie words : Civiiitas Suecessit Barharmn, Civilization has suc-ceeded the bottom of the
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