On this date exactly 100 years ago at a special town meeting of June 19, 1916, it was Voted:
That the voters of the Town of Milford, in town meeting assembled hereby adopt the official seal of the Town of Milford, an emblem in the shape of an octagon, in the center of which there shall be a shield bearing the letters ‘MF,’ being the seal adopted by the original settlers in 1639…in the strap of the octagon the following words to appear: ‘Sigillum oppidi Milford in republica Connecticutensi,’ also the date ‘1639’ and the bow and arrow of Ansantawae.
The octagonal shape is adoped in memory of Robert Treat, one of Milford’s most eminent citizens, and for thirty-two years either Deputy Governor or Governor of Connecticut, whose seal was of that form.
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