History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 669
er face was a representation of silk-worms, some begin-ning and others completing their labors, which were characterized bythe motto, Non sihi, scd ciltis. This inscription announced the be- 1 Draytons Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 372. The anns were designed by William HenryDrayton, and the original,… … STATE SEALS, ARMS, FLAGS, AND COLOES. 631 neficent disposition and disinterested motives of tlie trustees, while inthe device they had in view the production of silk, which was to bethe special object of the new colony. On the 19th of December, 1751, the trustees, unable to defray theexpenses of…
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