TOWN SEAL OF GROTON. 



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ever, now well settled that a legislature may authorize the sale and 

 reinvestment of proceeds of lands devised like this estate, under a 

 condition against any sale. 



Very faithfully yours, 



C. H. Hill. 

 Hon. Samuel A. Green. 



Mr. Hill died at St. Leonards-on-Sea on December 12, 

 1898. He was a graduate of Williams College, and an active 

 member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 



TOWN SEAL OF GROTON. 



The following letter relating to a Town Seal will explain 

 itself. It was printed, first on a sheet for limited circulation, 

 and, later, in the Annual Report of the Selectmen for the 

 year ending March 19, 1898. It was adopted by a vote of 

 the town on April 4. 



Boston, March 16, 1898. 

 Michael Sheedy, Jr., Esq., Groton: 



Dear Sir, — Agreeably to your request I send herewith a design, 

 as given above, for a Town Seal of Groton. For the convenience of 

 the voters, who are the final judges in the matter, I have had it 

 printed, so that at a glance its general effect may be more readily 

 seen. The design is a simple one, and is intended to typify the 

 character of its inhabitants. 



The Bible represents the faith of the early settlers of the town, who 

 went into the wilderness and suffered innumerable privations in their 



