File:Seal of Rhode Island (pre 2022).svg

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Description

English: Great seal of the state of Rhode Island with the previous name of "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" before the 2021 referendum where it was changed to just "State of Rhode Island"

Date

28 February 2017 (first adopted in 1644)

Source

Own work

"The Seal, The Arms, and The Flag of Rhode Island", By Howard M. Chapin, Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1913.
Previous version modeled on http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/IMAGES/Rhode_Island/state-seal-rhode-island.jpg, removed because, as seen from the source above, the "starburst" seal was an older design not currently used or codified by the state.

Author

CURRENT Simtropolitan, OLD VERSION, PRE-2017 Svgalbertian

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:55, 11 June 2023	281 × 280 (527 KB)	Bedivere	Reverted to version as of 11:00, 11 January 2022 (UTC) new version should be uploaded separately, this one is for the historical one
	13:15, 13 January 2022	281 × 280 (268 KB)	Skunkcrew	their IS evidence that it says "state of rhode island" as proven by the Secretary of state's website https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/civics-and-education/reference-desk/ri-state-symbols
	11:00, 11 January 2022	281 × 280 (527 KB)	Hazhk	Reverted to version as of 02:53, 3 May 2021 (UTC) there is NO evidence that the seal has changed.
	21:36, 30 November 2021	281 × 280 (268 KB)	Skunkcrew	Reverted to version as of 16:27, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
	02:53, 3 May 2021	281 × 280 (527 KB)	Legion566	Reverted to version as of 02:22, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
	16:27, 4 April 2021	281 × 280 (268 KB)	Svgalbertian	State name change per the referendum
	02:22, 24 June 2020	281 × 280 (527 KB)	Simtropolitan	Added missing "S"
	05:22, 28 February 2017	281 × 280 (518 KB)	Simtropolitan	Re-rendered based on state standards, removed starburst as it does not appear to be a current element of the design and has not been since 1892, will update information accordingly
	22:51, 30 March 2011	437 × 438 (93 KB)	Fry1989	border
	19:48, 8 November 2010	440 × 441 (76 KB)	Svgalbertian	Corrected date to be 1636, centered elements.