Creation Date
1888 – 1900Description
Press for embossing a round seal on paper documents, made of black iron, set on a base 6 1/2" x 2 1/4" with two holes in the ends so that it can be screwed down, a long handle presses down the brass disk bearing the seal, in the center of the seal is the emblem of Minnesota and around that is written "NOTARIAL SEAL/RAMSEY COUNTY, MINN.", the maker of the press is Schwaab Stamp & Seal Co., St. Paul, a note in the accession book says it is "of the period" meaning the 1870s.
