. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. tinued growthof population. Every town which has been incorporated into a city hasits corporate seal. A seal is an engraved stamp which, beingimpressed upon paper or wax, shows that what is written orprinted on the paper is genuine and has such authority as theowner of the seal can give it. The effect of the seal on thepaper is, of course, to make a raised impression, but some-times a likeness of the seal is printed from a platelike such
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. tinued growthof population. Every town which has been incorporated into a city hasits corporate seal. A seal is an engraved stamp which, beingimpressed upon paper or wax, shows that what is written orprinted on the paper is genuine and has such authority as theowner of the seal can give it. The effect of the seal on thepaper is, of course, to make a raised impression, but some-times a likeness of the seal is printed from a platelike such a printing a book or document is not really or legallysealed, but for many purposes this is sufficient. The realseal is in the custody of the city clerk. The seal of the city of Springfield, as adopted, was de-scriptive of what the town had been andthen was. In the lowex left-hand quarteris a view of the river with boats and withhouses on the bank. In the right-handquarter is the house built by John Pynchon,or old fort. Above, nearly the wholefield is occupied by a view of a railroadtrain passmg out of the station, as the station was then, and. THE NEW CITY 133 crossing the river. In the upper part of the seal is the UnitedStates Arsenal. Thus here are represented commerce by railand river, manufactures and history. There is not, as in theseals of Connecticut and Vermont, any suggestion of agricul-ture. This only shows how the old plantation was becominglost in the modern city. When the charter was accepted the first thing to be donewas to elect a mayor and the members of the city latter was composed of a board of nine aldermen and acommon council. There were two candidates for mayor andboth eventually held the office; but for the first time CalebRice was chosen. He was then the high sheriff of the countyand had removed to Springfield from West Springfield. Hehad a daughter Elizabeth, who, when she grew to womanhood,went to Italy for study and married a citizen of t
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