Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1628

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Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1629, unknown artist, source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1629_seal_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony_MassachusettsArchives.png, public domain.

Siegel der Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1629, unbekannter Künstler, Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1629_seal_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony_MassachusettsArchives.png, gemeinfrei.

The seal shows an Indian armed with bow and arrow and wearing a loin cloth who speaks the words "Come over and help us". It refers to a Biblical vision of the Apostle Paul which was used to justify the missionary journey to Europe (Acts 16:9 "Come over into Macedonia, and help us."), applied here to Europe's relationship to America.

Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1629, unknown artist, source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1629_seal_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony_MassachusettsArchives.png, public domain.

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