From the Municipal Code:To wit: A circle enclosing the legend in the rim, viz. : over the top the word [sic] 'HAVERHILL,' and below the words, 'Settled 1640, Instituted a City 1870.'Inside the rim a beaded circle enclosing the Coat of Arms, to wit:A Shield: in top a right arm embowed holding in the hand a shoemaker's hammer; on the right side a slipper, and on the left a congress boot. In base a landscape with Golden Hill and the rising sun; on the right side, two Indian wig-wams; on the left a block of modern factories; separating the same, a glimpse of the Merrimack River. Beneath the arms, a wreath of oak and laurel, the oak on the left, and the laurel on the right side.Crest, a mural coronet. In the scroll over the crest the Indian name of Haverhill—PENTUCKET."
Municipal Register of the City of Haverhill, Ch. II; 1897
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