It is described therein as having "on the one side our Royal effigies on Horseback in Arms over a Landskip of Land and Sea, with a Rising Sun, and a Scrole containing this motto, Auruse: et Ineo. And our Titles round the circumference of the said Seal ; There being also engraven on the other side Our Royal Arms with the Garter, Crown, Supporters and Motto, with this Inscription round y@ Circumference Stcmnum Provincrm: Nostra Novi Exsoraci etc., in America."* Despatches of the above date were received in New York on the 21st November following ;* the seal was in use, it is supposed, until Leisler's usurpation in June 1689.
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Seat oF Kine WiLiiam anp Queen Mary.
The warrant for this seal, which was brought over by Gov. Sloughter, bears date 3lst May, 1690.4 It served as the model for all the Great Seals of New-York subsequently received from 'England, and has, on one side, the effigies of the King and Queen, and two Indians kneeling offering as presents--the one, a roll of Wampum, the other a Beaver skin. Around the circumference are their Majesties titles--Gviimtmvs III. er Marta. II. Den Gra. Mac. Brit. Fray. His. Rex er Recina. Pip. Der. On the reverse are the Royal Arms with the Garter, Crown, Supporters and Motto, and this inscription--Sremivm Province. Nosrr. Nov.
1 Valentine's Manual of the Com. Counce. of N. Y. for 1849. 343.
2 Lond Doe. V. 139. 3 Counc. Min. V. 213. 4 Book of Commissions, Sec'ys Off. II. 16.