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Image: First Seal of New Amsterdam (Sigillum Amstello Damensis in Novo Belgio) 1654

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Description: Latin text in the lower scroll: "Sigillum Amstello: Damensis in Novo Belgio" (translation: "Seal of Amsterdam in New Netherland.") This is the first Seal of New Amsterdam, which combines the arms of Old Amsterdam with a beaver for a crest. The initials above, C.W.C., stand for “Chartered West India Company.” The Seal was presented to General Peter Stuyvesant in 1654. Stokes, I.N. Phelps. (1915). The Iconography of Manhattan Island (vol. 1, cover). New York: Robert H. Dodd.
Title: First Seal of New Amsterdam (Sigillum Amstello Damensis in Novo Belgio) 1654
Credit: NYC Department of Records - https://www.archives.nyc/newamsterdam/municipal-library
Author: Dutch West India Company
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