Connecticut Society of the
Colonial Dames of America
Cora Whittlesey Gregory
has been duly elected a member of
The Connecticut Society
of the
Colonial Dames of America
in right of her ancestor
Thomas Welles
In testimony Whereof the names of the
President and Secretary and the Seal
of the Society are herunto affixed.
Sarah S.F. Whitney, President
Rebecca D Beach, Secretary
New Haven, June 11, 1907
Dempsey & Carroll. N.Y.
Embossed Seal:
CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA
(stamped on a buckled belt)
SVSTINET QVI TRANSTVLIT
(stamped on a ribbon over a field of grape vines)
This is the old Connecticut State motto:
Sustinet Qui Transtulit, whch has now been changed to
Qui Sustinet Transtulit
and appears to be based on the 80th Psalm: "Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt..."
Freely translated,
Sustinet Qui Transtulit means He who transplants sustains (the transplanted).
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