Pennsylvania General Assembly

“ And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees shall cause to be made for their use, one common seal, with such devices and inscriptions thereon as they shall think proper, under and by which all deeds, diplomas, certificates and acts of the said corporation shall pass and be authenticated, and the same seal, at their pleasure, from time to time, change and alter. ”

“ An Act for the establishment of a College at the town of Washington, in the County of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania.
Whereas the happiness and prosperity of every community, under the direction and government of Divine Providence depends much on the right education of the youth, who must succeed the aged in the important offices of Society ”