Image: Seal of Springfield MA

Description: The seal of the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, as rendered by Thomas Chubbock, an engraver who lived in the city in mid-19th century. The seal itself was originally designed by a die-caster and medallion cutter Richard Paine and adopted by the City in 1871. The original official ordinance reads- "No. 29. An Ordinance to Establish a City Seal. 1. Description of the seal. Section 1. The design hereto annexed, as executed by Richard Paine, giving a view of the city, shall be the device of the city seal, the inscription being as follows, to wit : 'Springfield, organized a town May 14, 1636, O. S., a city, May 26, 1852."
Title: Seal of Springfield MA
Credit: Springfield Armory Museum - Archival Item Record 10.01/11.01.16-05712#6810-SA.d.1
Author: Digitized by Simtropolitan, engraved by Thos. Chubbock prior to 1888, with the original designed by Richard Paine in 1871. Specimen used for reference photographed by the Springfield U.S. Armory c. 1948
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