Collection	Abbot Hall Collection
Date	1804
Abstract	One page showing the first known Seal of the Town of Marblehead. The first elliptical seal of Marblehead was reproduced from an oldtime seaman's certificate dated 1804. The present town seal came during the days of Marblehead's enterprising fishing fame. The seal was once described as demonstrating, "an enterprising fisherman in his dory at the Grand Banks on a morning before sunrise, after his vessel's morning catch. He has thrown out his line and found a fish as alert as himself and is pulling him in, all this being represented by the design." See notes
Home Location	IS Box 18 X 13 Charlie Shelf #5
Object ID	2012-046-00140
Object Name	Seal
People	Cole, Dr. Raymond F. Ballinger, Barbara Noeser, Barbara
Search Terms	Town Seal
Title	Marblehead

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Last modified on: February 22, 2013