Interesting.   Not an individual seal, but a county seal.  Thank you!


On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 11:37 AM Brooks, Vincent <
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> Depending on the time period, the official county seals are either wax with
> an impression made by a wood or metal stamp or a metal stamp/press that
> directly embosses the paper. You can see an example of the latter in the
> article below.
>
>
> https://loudounnow.com/2016/08/16/1833-loudoun-court-seal-found-earliest-in-court-records/
>
>
> *Vincent T. Brooks*
> Senior Local Records Archivist
> Library of Virginia
> 800 East Broad St.
> Richmond, VA 23219
> 804-692-3525
> Fax 804-692-2277
> *The Uncommonwealth* <https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 10:44 AM Sally Phillips <
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>
> > So many Virginia local records copied by clerks end with a copied
> signature
> > and the word seal.  What was this seal?  Wax and signet ring?  A carved
> > tool such as Asian societies use?
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