National Memory Project

Visayas Federal Government and Ecclesiastical Seals including other documents

Seals, Revolutionary Government, Seals, Ecclesiasticals, Philippine Revolution -- Visayas,

The seals in the album are consistent with the nomenclature of the First Philippine Republic which was founded on 23 January 1899 in Barasoain, then a separate town from Malolos, Bulacan. They also bear the iconic anthropomorphic eight-ray Philippine Revolution sun introduced during Emilio Aguinaldo’s incumbency as the president of the Philippines as early as 1897, rising behind mountains with three five-pointed stars around. The said album itself consists mostly of Republican seals of various towns in the Visayas, including federal offices adhering to the name and authority of the First Philippine Republic. It has a total of 126 seals including municipal and Visayan federal republic seals. There are also two sheets with ecclesiastical seals from the Spanish period. The album has Republican forms such as a community certificate. The seals were cutouts from what seemed to be confiscated documents from the headquarters of the Republican Forces in various localities in the Visayas. These may have been collected as souvenirs by an American soldier or officer assigned to the region.

Mrs. Emelita V. Almosara

Spanish

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1899-1901

Level 1

NHCP Special Collection → Visayas Federal Government and Ecclesiastical Seals including other documents