Seal of Massachusetts

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The Seal of the State of Massachusetts. The seal has a shield in the center with a Algonquin Native American holding a bow and arrow. Around the shield, is a blue ribbon with the state motto, ‘Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem” which means “By the sword we seek peace, but only under liberty.”

Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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