SPARROW SEAL
This seal first appeared in 1765 on the title page of the Reverend Thomas Bacon's compilation
of the Laws of Maryland, and until 1793 it ornamented printed editions of the session laws of
the Assembly. Carved on a wood block by Thomas Sparrow, ward and employee of the
Annapolis printer, Jonas Green, the Sparrow seal bears the Latin motto "Crescite et
Multiplicamini," which means "Increase and Multiply."
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