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Seal of Rhode Island
The Seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations features a blue field with a golden maritime anchor as its central image below the phrase "HOPE." The anchor has been used as a symbol for Rhode Island since the colony's founding in 1636, well before the region claimed statehood.
==History==
Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Christian minister, Anne Hutchinson, and others seeking religious freedom from persecution in Massachusetts and Europe. The seal's words and emblems were likely inspired by the biblical phrase "hope we have as an anchor of the soul," found in Hebrews, Verse 6:18-19.〔Howard M. Chapin notes published in "Illustrations Of The Seals, Arms And Flags Of Rhode Island," (Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence: 1930) pg 4-5.〕 After Roger Williams received an official charter in England in 1644, the word "Hope" was placed over the seal's anchor and still remains.〔Benjamin F. Shearer, ''State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide'', (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002), pg. 22 ()〕 The outer circle of the seal reads ''Seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1636''.
Besides the seal, Roger Williams also used Biblical virtues when he named Providence, Rhode Island, and the islands in Narragansett Bay: Prudence Island, Patience Island, Hope Island, and Despair Island.
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