There’s an interesting series of documents from early 1692 that deal 
with acquiring a new seal to be used by the newly appointed Secretary of 
the Province of MD. Different time period and level of government, but 
it gives a sense of what this particular type of seal would have looked 
like. Page 298 has a description of the seal.

This was recorded in "Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 
1687/8-1693", Volume 8, Page 297 & 298 -

https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000008/html/am8--297.html

On 2/3/22 9:57 AM, Sally Phillips wrote:
> 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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