virtute vani sunt honores_. Lawyer, poet, and
historian; born in Maryland in 1757, died in 1823.
University of Penn., 1783. Completed his studies
in London. His chief work is the “History of
Maryland to the Restoration in 1660.” An “Historical
and Philosophical Sketch of the Prime Causes
of the Revolutionary War” was suppressed; in this
Washington was praised and Franklin depreciated.
This same copper has been used more recently
with the following words added: on either side of
the crest, “John Leeds Kerr of Talbot Co. Md.
15th Jan. 1780, 21st Feb. 1844;” at the bottom,
under the name of Bozman, “The Maryland Historian,
25th Aug. 1757, 20th April, 1823.”
102. BRASHER. _Philip Brasher._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Beata
Domus, Custodita Sic Cuja Deo Domino Est_.
The shield, with its motto-ribbon and flowery
ornamentation, seems to be held up by the winged
female who grasps the portcullis of the crest.
Below the shield a patch of ground is strewn with
books and writing material. A dwarfed weeping
willow bends mournfully at the left. Signed on an
unrolled sheet of paper, _Maverick Scp._ Was a
prisoner in a sugar-house in New York during the
Revolutionary War, which suggested the crest; he
had no right to the arms.
103. BRAZER. _John Brazer._
Plain armorial. Shaded mantling. Motto, _Try_.
Of Salem, Mass.
104. BREARLY. _David Brearly._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Honor
virtutis praemium_. A large plate; attributed to
Vallance. Jurist, of Trenton, N.J. A brave officer
in the Revolution.
105. BRIDGEN. _Charles Bridgen._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Probitate et industria_.
This plate is not signed, but it is very probably the
work of Maverick.
106. BRIMAGE. _William Brimage._
Plain armorial. Impaling Gilbert. Arms closely
surrounded by a garter on which the name appears.
Motto below, _Deus dux certus_. Of Virginia.
107. BRISBANE. _William Brisbane._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Dabit
otia Deus_.
108. BROOKS. _Benjamin S. Brooks._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sustinere_.
Signed, _A. D._ (Amos Doolittle).
109. BROWN. _David Paul Brown._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Patria cara_, _carior libertas_.
Signed, _C. P. H. St._ Lawyer, of Philadelphia.
110. BROWN. _The Property of Jacob Brown._
Pictorial. The interior of a library is depicted,
within an oval frame which is ornamented above
with a ribbon and a spray of holly; the name is
given on the fluttering ends of the ribbon. The
central portion of the library is occupied by a
couch, covered with striped cloth, on which a
youth, dressed in the height of the fashion,
reclines; a book is laid upon the convenient corner
of the table, and he is reading from this; behind
him the shelves of books are seen partly covered
by a curtain; through the window are seen the
nodding pines; the carpet is adorned with thirteen
stars. The following lines are given below the
frame:--
_Weigh well each thought, each sentence freely scan,_
_In Reason’s balance try the works of man;_
_Be bias’d not by those who praise or blame,_
_Nor, Servile, Yield opinion to a Name._
Signed, _Engrd. by P. R. Maverick 65 Liberty Street_. As the name _Jacob
Brown_ is not engraved, but is printed by hand, it is quite likely that
this plate was for promiscuous use; either to be filled up with the name
of any who ordered it, or to be pasted in the books sold by some
bookseller.
111. BROWN. _John Carter Brown._ Crest only. Motto, _Gaudeo_.
112. BROWN. _Thomas Brown._
Armorial. Arms, ... on a chevron, between three leopards’ heads
cabossed, or as many escallops.... Crest, an eagle’s head erased or.
Motto, _En espérance je vie_. Signed by Hurd.
113. BROWNE. _Peter A. Browne._ Literary. A plain table, with the scull
and crossbones carved in two places upon it, supports several large
volumes, on the side of one of which is the name of the owner. On the
side of the table the motto is cut, _Fiat Justitia_. A wreath of laurel
rests upon the books, and the all-seeing eye looks upon the scene from
above. Signed, _Engraved by James Akin_. A prominent lawyer in
Philadelphia, and the author of “Browne’s Reports.”
114. BROWNSON. _Oliver Brownson’s Property._ An engraved label with the
name curved over a peacock which is perched on a scroll.
115. BRUEN. _M. Bruen._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Fides scutum_. Matthias
Bruen was a clergyman in New York City; ordained in London, 1819.
116. BRUFF. _The Property of J. G. Bruff, Portsmouth, Va. 183-._
Pictorial. On this, a weeping elm supports a large shield on which the
inscription is given; so large is the shield that only a little of the
tree shows around the edge of the shield. A woodcut.
117. BUCHANAN. _W. B. Buchanan._
Armorial. Motto, _Clarior hinc honos_.
118. BULL. _Martin Bull._
Armorial. A plain armorial plate with the mantling extending down the
side of the shield. Motto, _Virtus basis vitae_. This is the plate of
one of the engravers of the old Farmington book-plate, Deacon Bull. See
“Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. III, page 187.
119. BURKE. _James Henry Burke Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sola salus servire Deo_. Of
Virginia.
120. BURNET. _John Burnet. Attorney at Law New York._
Armorial. Jacobean frame; mantling. Motto, _Virescit vulnere virtus_.
This plate is earlier than the succeeding one by Dawkins.
121. BURNET. _John Burnet Esqr New York._
Armorial. Chippendale. The usual pastoral scene which Dawkins used is
found here; the shepherdess, and the cupids making music on the flute,
and bringing books for leisure moments. Motto, _Virescit vulnere
virtus_. Signed, _H. Dawkins Sculp. 1754_. Illustrated in “Curio,” page
13.
122. BYAM. _Francisci Byam, ex Insula Antigua._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Claris dextera factis_. Rich mantling
continued around the whole shield; the background shell-lined. Printed
in brown ink.
123. BYRD. _William Byrd of Westover in Virginia Esqr._
Armorial. Jacobean. A very interesting specimen of its class. The
profuse mantling thrown high in the air, the shell-lined background, and
the curtain upheld at the ends (on which the name and address are given)
are prominent characteristics as pointed out by Warren. A rich abundance
of fruit overflows from two cornucopiæ, and the motto-ribbon is twined
in and out through the scrolls at the base. Motto, _Nulla pallescere
culpa_. Colonel Byrd was a very distinguished Virginian: was born to an
ample fortune, liberally educated, and became the patron of science and
literature in his native state. President of the Council of the colony;
author of the “Westover Manuscripts,” and of other essays. Born, 1674;
died, 1744. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 14.
124. CABELL. _Doct.r Geo. Cabell Richmond Virga._ Allegorical. In the
centre of the design a flaming heart rests upon the shank of an anchor.
A thin patch of ground, which grows a few trees, and looks like an
island, upholds these emblems of hope. The motto is just above,--_Spes
mea in Deo_. Above this again the all-seeing eye, wreathed in clouds,
appears. The whole is enclosed in a design of Ribbon and Wreath
arrangement. Evidently the work of Brooks, who engraved the plate of Dr.
I. Dove of the same city.
125. CABELL. _Samuel Jordan Cabell, of Soldier’s Joy._ Pictorial. The
name is printed from type upon a large oval medallion; this is supported
by the half-draped figure of Liberty holding the pole with the cap upon
it, and an officer in the uniform of the Continental Army. The arms of
the United States are above the medallion. The pictorial parts of this
are cut in wood.
126. CABOT. _William Cabot._
Armorial. Wild Chippendale. No motto. Of Massachusetts.
127. CADENA. _M. V. C._ (Mariano de la Cadena.) Plain armorial. An
ordinary square shield supported by a very peculiar frame. Motto, _Fidem
servat vinculaque sulvit_. A Professor of Spanish in Columbia College.
128. CADENA. _Don Mariano Valazquez de la Cadena._ Plain armorial. No
motto. Of New York City.
129. CADENA. _Mariano Valazquez de la Cadena._ Small, plain armorial. Of
New York City.
130. CAILLAUD. _John Caillaud. Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. The frame enclosing the arm is oval in form
and quite peculiar in construction; an eagle with a chaplet in his beak
appears as a crest.
131. CALLAWAY. _Thomas Callaway._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Aliis quod ab
aliis_.
132. CALLENDER. _John Callender._
Armorial. Pictorial. The shield rests against a rock, mossgrown and
over-topped by shrubs. Signed, _Callender Sc._ Of Massachusetts.
133. CALVERT. _Thos. Calvert._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty.
[Illustration: The Honourable W^{m} Carmichaell Esq^{r} ]
134. CAMPBELL. _Donald Campbell. Jamaica._
Armorial. The shield affixed to the mast of a lymphad. (The crest of
this family of Campbells.) Motto, _Fit via vi_.
135. CARMICHAELL. _The Honourable Wm Carmichaell Esqr._
Armorial. Early English. The very full mantling nearly surrounds the
shield. Motto, _Toujours prest_. Diplomatist. Born in Maryland. Delegate
to Congress, 1778-1780. Foreign minister. Illustrated in “Curio,” page
16.
136. CARROLL. _Charles Carroll._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. The last surviving signer of the
Declaration. Died, 1832. This was the Charles Carroll who added “of
Carrollton” after his signature to the Declaration, that no mistake
might ever be made in recognizing him. Illustrated in “Book Lovers’
Almanac,” 1894. Duprat and Co., New York.
137. CARROLL. _Charles Carroll Barrister at Law._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. The same arms as the Charles Carroll.
138. CARROLL. _Charles Carroll of ye Inner Templer Esqr, Second Son of
Daniell Carroll of Litterlouna Esqr. in the Kings County in the Kingdom
of Ireland._
Armorial. Early English. Elaborate mantling all about the shield.
Motto-ribbon empty. Grandfather of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the
signer. Emigrated to Maryland about 1686.
139. CARROLL. _Ephm. Carroll._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In fide et in bello fortes_.
140. CARY. _Alpheus Cary. Jr._
Plain armorial. The shield surrounded by an oval frame of sun’s rays.
Signed, _A. Cary del. H. Morse Sc._ Of Massachusetts.
141. CARY. _Miles Cary._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Sine Deo careo_. Of Virginia.
142. CARY. _Thomas Cary._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In medio tutissimus ibis_. Signed,
_Callender Scp._ Of Massachusetts.
143. CAY. _Gabriel Cay._
Crest only. Name enclosed in Jacobean frame. No motto. Of Virginia.
144. CHALMERS. _Geo. Chalmers._
Armorial. Motto, _Spero_. A resident of Maryland; a stiff Loyalist;
author of “Chalmers’ Annals.”
145. CHAMBERS. _Benjamin Chambers’s Book._
Armorial. False heraldry. Plain armorial plate with supporters,
surrounded by a circular wreath. Motto, _Spiro_. Founder of
Chambersburg, Penn.
146. CHAMBERS. _John Chambers Esqr._
Armorial. Arms not in Burke. Az. a chevron or. bet. three cockle shells
of the last. Chippendale. Motto, _Vincit veritas_. Signed, _E. Gallaudet
Sculp._ Chief Justice of New York, 1754.
147. CHANDLER. _Gardiner Chandler._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _P. Revere Sculp._ Of
Massachusetts.
148. CHANDLER. _John Chandler Junr Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. A very handsome design in the best of Hurd’s
styles. Has the characteristic flow of water from the large shell at the
bottom. No motto. Signed, _N. Hurd Sculp._ Of Massachusetts.
149. CHANDLER. _Rufus Chandler._
Armorial. Attributed to Hurd.
150. CHASE. _Sl. Chase._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Ne cede malis_. Signed, _Boyd Sc._ A
signer of the Declaration from Maryland.
151. CHAUNCEY. _Chauncey._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Gloria_.
152. CHAUNCEY. _Charles Chauncey._
Plain armorial. Motto-ribbon empty.
153. CHAUNCEY. _Charles Chauncey M.D._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Sublimis per ardua tendo_. Two fierce lions
couch upon the ends of the motto-ribbon, and the mantling envelopes the
shield. The initials _C. C._, in cipher, are given between the two
names.
154. CHAUNCEY. _J. St. Clair Chauncey._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Gloria_. An officer of the United States Navy.
155. CHAWNEY. Armorial. Of Pennsylvania.
156. CHESTER. _John Chester._
Plain armorial. On a ribbon tied above, _By the name of Chester_. No
motto. Of Wethersfield, Conn. Colonel in the Continental Army; commander
of the “elite corps”; was in the battle of Bunker Hill.
157. CHILD. _Francis Child._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Pro lege et rege_. Signed, _H. Dawkins.
Sculpt._ Very fine work.
158. CHILD. _The Property of Isaac Child._
Under the name is the verse beginning--
_If thou art borrowed by a friend,_
_Right welcome shall he be_, etc.
Signed, _Sold by N. Dearborn & Son_. Undoubtedly engraved by Dearborn.
159. CHILD. _Isaac Child, Boston._
Literary. Four shelves of books. Probably by Dearborn.
160. CHILD. _Thomas Child._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Fari aude_. Not signed, but evidently the
work of Nathaniel Hurd. First Postmaster of Portland, Me.
161. CHILD. _William Henry Child._
Armorial in form, but displaying no arms on the shield. Crest, two doves
with olive branches in their mouths. The initials _W. H. C._, in cipher,
occupy the shield. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Very similar in design
to the plate of George Grote, the historian. Illustrated in “Art
Amateur,” April, 1894.
162. CLARK. _D. Lawrence Clark._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Semper idem_. Undoubtedly the arms
are not genuine: the argent field of the shield is charged with a branch
of holly, and the crest is the American eagle, with a star above its
head.
163. CLARK. _John Clark. M.D._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Semper idem_. The arms are undoubtedly assumed;
az. an oak branch ppr. Crest, an American eagle, with a star (mullet)
above.
164. CLARKE. _Alfred Clarke._
Crest only. Motto, _Soyez ferme_. Of Cooperstown, N.Y.
165. CLARKE. _George Clarke._
Crest only. Motto, _Soyez ferme_. Signed, _J. F. Morin. Sc. N.Y._
166. CLARKE. _Peter Clarke._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Coronat virtus cultores suos_. Printed in
blue ink.
167. CLARKSON. _David Clarkson Gent._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Of New York. Illustrated in “Curio,” page
66.
168. CLARKSON. _M. Clarkson._
Armorial, plain. No motto. Matthew Clarkson was for twenty-one years the
President of the Bank of New York.
169. CLEBORNE. _C. I. Cleborne. M. D._
Armorial. The shield canted to one side, surmounted by the helmet; it
and the mantling is enclosed within a circular ribbon, on which the
motto, _Clibor ne sceame_, is given. A second ribbon over the design
bears the motto, _Virtute invidiam vincas_. Signed, _Jarrett London_.
170. CLEVELAND. _Stephen Cleveland._
Pictorial. A very unusual plate: a full-rigged British man-of-war, with
ten guns peering from the loop-holes, is hastening from the observer;
the English ensign flies from the stern. A very spirited piece of work.
It is said that his commission as Captain in our Navy just after the
Declaration was the first one issued. Born in Connecticut, 1740, died in
Massachusetts, 1801.
171. CLINTON. _De Witt Clinton._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Patria cara carior libertas_.
Signed, _P. R. Maverick. sculpt._ Governor of New York, 1817-1822, and
1824-1827. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” February, 1894.
172. COCK. _William Cock._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Quod fieri non vis alteri ne
fueris_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ The tinctures in the crest--which
looks like a leghorn--are indicated by the words, gules and or, engraved
outside, and connected with the parts thus tinctured by dotted lines,--a
new method. Of New York. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” March, 1894.
173. COFFIN. Coffin arms: name erased. Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath.
Motto, _Post tenebras speramus lumen de lumine_. Signed, _J. Akin
Sculp._ The name _N. W. Coffin_ is written upon the copy at hand. The
arms are of the family of Sir Isaac Coffin, who was born in Boston,
1759.
174. COFFIN. _Hector Coffin._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Exstant recte factus praemia_.
Signed, _J. Akin del. F. Kearny Sc._ Of Boston.
175. COFFIN. _John Coffin. 1771._
Armorial. A frame of Jacobean tendencies. Motto-ribbon empty. Of
Massachusetts.
176. COLDEN. _Cadwallader D. Colden._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Fais bien crains rien_. Mayor of New York City
in 1818. Friend and coadjutor of De Witt Clinton.
177. COLUMBIA COLLEGE. _Columbia College Library New York._
Allegorical. The scene is out-of-doors; a throne placed on rising ground
is occupied by the Goddess of Learning; the Shekinah blazes above and
the rising sun peeps over the horizon. Three little nude beginners in
learning stand before the Goddess, in whose hand an open book is
extended bearing the motto, Λογια Ζὡνζα. From her mouth a scroll issues
bearing in Hebrew the motto, אוריאר _Let there be light_. Beneath this
scene is the reference _I Pet. II I. 2 &c._ The name of the library
appears upon the circular frame which encloses the whole scene; the
motto, _In lumine tuo videbimus lumen_, follows the inner line of the
circle. Above, an urn is overfilled with the blossoms of knowledge,
while the background of the whole is a brick wall. Signed, _Anderson
sculp._
178. CONNECTICUT THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. _Theol. Institute of Con. 1833.
Presented by_
Pictorial. The representation is of a pulpit with winding stairs on
either side, and a very tall solemn-looking sounding-board behind it,
partially hid by a curtain. The front panel of the pulpit has the
following, ΚΗΡΥΣΣΟΜΕΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ ἙΣΤΑΥΡΩΜΕΝ.
179. CONNECTICUT THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. _Society of Inquiry. Theological
Institute of Connecticut._ Three book shelves disclosed by a drawn
curtain.
180. CONNOLLY. _Charles M. Connolly._
Armorial. Motto, _En Dieu est tout_. Signed, _J. G. Bolen, 104 B’way._
181. CONSTABLE. _William Constable._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Post tot Naufragia portus_. Of the early New
York family that owned large estates near Utica, N.Y. This plate is
circa 1783 and was engraved in New York. It is interesting as a specimen
of twisted heraldry; the correct arms are “Quarterly, gu. and vaire,
over all a bend or.” (Flamburgh. Co. York, descended from Robert De
Lacy, second son of John De Lacy, Baron of Halton, and Constable of
Chester). See Burke. In this plate the arms are “Quarterly vaire and gu.
over all a bend sinister or.,” which are manifestly incorrect. It was
not probably the purpose of the engraver to make this alteration, but
not understanding heraldic drawing he drew the arms correctly on the
copper, which reversed them in the print.
182. COOLEY. _Abial A. Cooley’s Property._
An elaborate plate of its kind, which is unusual; it is regular
die-sinker’s work, and is printed in red ink. The word _Property_ is on
a ribbon which is arched over a peacock and a dove; scrolls abound in
convenient places. The only copy seen is in a Boston imprint. 1742.
183. COOPER. _Myles Cooper LL.D. Coll. Regis Nov. Ebor. in America.
Praefes, et Coll. Reginae de Oxon. Socius &c._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Second President of King’s College (now
Columbia). His Loyalist inclinations resulted in a hasty flight from the
college; he escaped to England, where he was an honored preacher.
Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” April, 1894.
184. COURTENAY. _Henry Courtenay._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Very similar in style to the Philip
Dumaresque. Not signed, but undoubtedly by Hurd. Of Massachusetts.
185. COX. _Chris. C. Cox. A.M. M.D._
A name-label with the skull and crossed bones above the name. The motto,
_Lectorem delectando paritque monendo_, is given below.
186. COX. _Chris. C. Cox. A.M. M.D. LL.D._
Armorial. Crest only. Motto, _Fortiter et fideliter_.
187. CRANCH. _Richd. Cranch. Braintree._
An engraved label. The name is within an oval frame, formed of oak and
laurel leaves. This plate was engraved by William Bond of Falmouth (now
Portland), in 1786. Richard Cranch was a brother-in-law of John Adams,
and lived in Quincy, and also in the adjoining town of Braintree.
188. CRAVEN. _Craven._
Armorial. Motto, _Verus in actione consistit_. This is the plate of Lord
William Craven, one of the Lords Proprietors of South Carolina.
189. CROOKSHANK. _Judge Crookshank._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Lege et ratione_.
190. CUNNINGHAM. _James Cunningham, Junior._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Printed in blue ink.
191. CUNYNGHAM. _Robert Cunyngham, of Cayou in ye Island of St.
Christopher in America, Esqr._
An old armorial plate; no further information at hand.
192. CURWEN. (Anonymous.)
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. A crude piece of work. Of Salem, Mass.
193. CUSHING. _Jacob Cushing, His Book. 1746._
A plain printed label with border of ornamental type.
194. CUSHMAN. _Cushman._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Habeo pro jus fasque_. Signed, _Pulini Inc._ The
famous actress, Charlotte Cushman.
195. CUSTIS. _Geo. Washg. Park Custis._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. The last of Washington’s
family--builder of “Arlington.” Son of the following.
196. CUSTIS. _John Park Custis._
Armorial. Presumably assumed arms; arg. an eagle displayed ppr. Crest,
an eagle’s head erased ppr. Chippendale. No motto. Son of Mrs.
Washington by her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis. The engraver
omitted the _e_ from the middle name.
197. CUTTING. _James S. Cutting._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Postero ne credo_. Signed,
_Maverick Sct._ Of New York.
198. CUTTING. _William Cutting._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Carpe diem: postero ne crede_.
Signed, _P. R. Maverick Sct._ Of New York.
199. CUYLER. _John Cuyler._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _Maverick
Sculpt._ Of New York.
200. DANA. _Edmund Trowbridge Dana._
The same copper as the following plate, with slight alterations. In the
upper left-hand corner the date _A.D. 1569_ is given. Presumably the
date of the grant of arms. Son of R. H. Dana. Translator and editor of
works on International Law.
201. DANA. _Francis Dana._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Cavendotutus_. Signed, _N. H. Scp._ A
handsome plate in Hurd’s best style. Statesman and jurist. Born,
Charlestown, Mass., 1743; died in Cambridge, 1811.
202. DANA. _Richard Henry Dana._
The same old copper again retouched. The date _1569_ is in new type, and
the name is changed to the present user. Poet and essayist.
203. DANFORTH. _Danforth._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Ubi plura offendar maculis nitent non ego
paucis_. Signed, _N. H. Scp._ At the upper left-hand corner, outside the
design, the sun shines in full strength. Presumably the plate of Dr.
Samuel Danforth of Boston. Born, 1740; died, 1827.
204. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. _Library of Dartmouth College. Presented by
Isaiah Thomas Esq A.D. 1819 in his Donation of 470 Volumes._
These words printed from type within a border of ornamental type
disposed in an oval.
205. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. _Social Friends Library._
A plain shield with thistles for decoration bears the number of the
volume. Motto, _Sol sapientiae nunquam occidet_. The full sun above the
shield.
206. DAVENPORT. Armorial. Of Virginia.
207. DAVIDSON. _Henry Davidson._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sapienter si sincere_. A very neat
plate. The wreath has not the proper twisted effect, but appears more
like a row of eggs than an heraldic wreath.
208. DAVIS. _Davis._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Auspice Christo_.
209. DAY. _John Day._
Plain armorial. Signed, _J. Smithers. Sculp._ Of Philadelphia.
210. DAY. _M. W. Day._
Pictorial. A collection of literary property is grouped in an open space
where the rising sun shines strongly; the name is given upon a ribbon
which floats above; from it depends a lamp; to the right, a book-case;
to the left, a bust of Franklin, a large globe, books, ink-pot and
quills; in front, an unrolled parchment which purports to be a list of
books. The following motto:--
_’Tis education forms the common mind,_
_Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined._
Signed, _W. Chapin del & Sc._
211. DEANE. _John Deane._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Name on motto-ribbon.
212. DE BLOIS. _Lew’s. De Blois._