File:Seal of the Northwest Territory.png

Summary

Seal of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territory" class="extiw" title="w:Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a> of the United States, bearing the inscription, "The Seal of the Territory of the U.S. N.W. of the River Ohio." Hon. William Hayden English describes the seal and its symbolism:

The coiled snake in the foreground and the boats in the middle distance; the rising sun, the forest tree felled by the ax and cut into logs, succeeded, apparently, by an apple tree laden with fruit; the Latin inscription, "Meliorem lapsa locavit," "he has planted a better than the fallen," all combine forcibly to express the idea that a wild and savage condition is to be superseded by a higher and better civilization. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/ohio_mckinley.html">[1]</a>

This image is a sketch by English based on the seal on documents furnished by President <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Benjamin Harrison</a> and other authorities in Washington, D.C. Variations of this seal can be seen in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OhioCompanyOfAssociates.jpg" class="extiw" title="w:File:OhioCompanyOfAssociates.jpg">w:File:OhioCompanyOfAssociates.jpg</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MELIOREM_LAPSA_LOCAVIT.JPG" title="File:MELIOREM LAPSA LOCAVIT.JPG">File:MELIOREM LAPSA LOCAVIT.JPG</a>.

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