1.   Arms: Upon a shield, saltire wise, the sails of a windmill. Between the sails, in chief a beaver, in base a beaver, and on each flank a flour barrel.
  2.   Supporters: Dexter, a sailor, his right arm bent, and holding in his right hand a plummet; his left arm bent, his left hand resting on the top of the shield; above his right shoulder a cross-staff. Sinister, an Indian of Manhattan, his right arm bent, his right hand resting on top of the shield, his left hand holding the upper end of a bow, and lower end of which rests on the ground. Shield and supporters resting upon a horizontal laurel branch.
  3.   Date: Beneath the horizontal laurel branch the date 1625 being the year of the establishment of New Amsterdam.
  4.   Crest: Upon a hemisphere, an American eagle with wings displayed.
  5.   Legend: Upon a ribbon encircling the lower half of the design the words "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci".
  6.   The whole encircled by a laurel wreath.