Maryland State Seal (April 28, 1788) was approved the year Maryland was admitted to the Union. The State Seal pictured a farmer and a fisherman, reflecting the occupations of the early settlers; a shield with the coat of arms of the Calverts and the Crosslands (Alicia Crossland was the mother of the first Baron of Baltimore, George Calvert); and beneath the shield is the Latin motto:
<Scuto Bonae Voluntatis Tuae Coronasti Nos (Thou hast crowned us with the shield of Thy good will-Psalms 5:12).> 1788MD010
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Endnotes:
1788MD010. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Maryland State Seal, April 28, 1788. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie and Company, 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc., 22 vols., 1989), Vol. 11, p. 4843; Vol. 17, p. 8307.