Chapter IV: Part 4

Armorial. Pictorial. A very beautiful engraving. The shield rests upon the ground and is supported by the oak tree which spreads over it; willows and pines complete the little group of trees, and beyond a stretch of water is seen. The motto, _Loyal au mort_, is on the ribbon which flutters along the ground beside the shield.

75. BEL-CHIER. _J. Bel-Chier._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Loyal jusq’ a la mort_. Printed in red ink.

76. BERESFORD. _Richard Beresford, Charleston. 1772._

Armorial.

77. BETTS. _William Betts._

Armorial. Plain. Motto, _Malo mori quam foedari_. Signed, _C. P. Harrison Del. Sct._

78. BEVERLEY. _Harry Beverley._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto.

79. BEVERLY. _Robert Beverly._

Armorial. Of Virginia. Historian.

80. BEVERLY. _William Beverly._

Armorial. Signed, _J. Kirk_.

81. BLACKLEY _Absalom Blackley._

Armorial. Ribbon and wreath. Motto, _Utere mundo_. Signed, _Maverick Scp._ The name supported by two quills.

82. BLAKE. _Willm. P. & L. Blake’s Circulating Library at the Boston Book Store._ An engraved label enclosed in an ornamental oval frame. Signed, _S. Hill. Sc._

83. BLANC. _William Blanc. Middle Temple. Dominica._ Crest only. Motto on a garter enclosing the crest, _Frangas non flectan_.

84. BLATCHFORD. _Thomas W. Blatchford._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Providentia sumus_. Signed, _Wm. D. Smith sc._

85. BLEECKER. _Bleecker._ Plain armorial. A festoon of cloth behind the shield.

86. BLENMAN. _Jonathan Blenman, Attoray, Genl. & Judge of ye Admty. in Barbadoes._ A small plate, without motto, rather poorly engraved. A little ornamentation of Jacobean manner appears at either side, and the mantling is rather profuse, but well above the shield.

87. BLOOMFIELD. _Bloomfield._

Armorial. Chippendale. Rudely drawn books used in the frame. Motto, _Pro aris et focis_. Signed, _J. Trenchard_. Major Joseph Bloomfield was a soldier in the Revolution, Governor of New Jersey, Brigadier-General in War of 1812, member of Congress, 1817-21. Illustrated in the “Art Amateur,” April, 1894.

88. BOLLING. _Robt. Bolling Esq’r._

Armorial. Chippendale. Figures are used as supporters which would appear to symbolize the freedom of the Garden of Eden, and the learning of classic Greece. Motto-ribbon empty; no crest. Of Chellowe, Va. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 15.

89. BONAPARTE. _Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte._ A plain label, with an ornamental type border. Nephew of Napoleon the Great. Born in England, 1805; died in Baltimore, Md., 1870.

90. BOND. _T. Bond, Surgeon._

Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _W. H._ Native of Maryland; 1712-1784. A distinguished physician and surgeon of Philadelphia.

91. BOOTH. _Benjn. Booth._ Crest only. Autograph in a wreath under the crest. Of New York, until the Revolution broke out.

92. BOOTH. _George Booth._ Literary. A lighted candle and books in confusion are placed upon a table. The name is carved upon the edge of the table. On one of the book-covers appears the Booth crest. An etched plate.

93. BOSTON. _Shakspeare Circulating Library, Charles Callender, No. 25 School Street, Boston._ A very curious old woodcut, with a large oval medallion of the famous writer for whom the library was named placed in the centre against a rough rock background; the masks of Comedy and Tragedy lie at the foot, and the hilts of foils can be made out; a garland of roses falls at the right hand, and the rays of the sun come over the top. This is a rough engraving, very black and indistinct.

94. BOSTON. _Social Law Library. Boston._ The name appears on a curtain looped up and held by cord and tassel; above this a small oval encloses a view of four waterspouts, each from behind a rock; above this the circular frame encloses a hand bearing a lighted torch; on the frame is the motto, _Vestra cura alitur_, and the date 1804; a pile of books above for crest, with _S.L.L._ on the cover of one.

95. BOUCHER. _Jonathan Boucher._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Non vi sed voluntate_. A Loyalist clergyman in Virginia, whose estates were confiscated, after which he returned to England whence he had come in 1754. Published a tract on the causes and consequences of the Revolution, and compiled a glossary of Provincial and Archæological Words, which was purchased of his family in 1831, for the proprietors of Webster’s Dictionary.

96. BOUDINOT. _Boudinot._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Soli Deo gloria et honor_. Elias Boudinot, born in 1740, in Philadelphia, of Huguenot extraction. Sided strongly with the colonies in the Revolution, and was President of Congress in 1782. A signer of the Treaty of Peace. Died, 1821. This plate is not signed, but it is the work of Maverick. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 111.

97. BOWDOIN. _Honble. James Bowdoin. Esqr._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Ut aquila versus coelum_. The same plate as the Bowdoin College, whose benefactor he was.

98. BOWDOIN. _Bowdoin College._ Plain armorial. The arms of the Hon. James Bowdoin are given with his motto, _Ut aquila versus coelum_. The sun in splendor shines above the crest, and the name of the college is engraved over it. This college was chartered in 1794, and then presented with eleven hundred pounds and one thousand acres of land, by Hon. James Bowdoin, son of the governor of the colony. By his will a further gift was made to the college.

99. BOYLSTON. _Boylston Medical Library._ Plain armorial. The arms of the Boylston family are given without ornamentation or motto. Signed, _Annin & Smith_. Ward Nicholas Boylston, a patron of medical science, gave to the medical school of Harvard College a valuable collection of anatomical and medical books and engravings, in the year 1800.

100. BOYLSTON. _Property of the Boylston Medical Library Cambridge._

Armorial. The arms of the Boylston family are given. Signed, _Callender Sc._

101. BOZMAN. _John Leeds Bozman. Esqr of the Middle Temple._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sine 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.

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._

Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Signed, _Nathaniel Hurd Sculp._ The mantling is well conceived but rudely engraved; the shell-lined background is here, and the curtain upheld at the corners, on which the name is given. The whole appearance of the plate shows it to be quite early, and among the first attempts of Hurd.

213. DE BLOIS. _N.J. De Blois._

Armorial. Jacobean, with handsome mantling. Motto, _Je me fie en Dieu_. “These arms are assumed by some members of the family of this name living in Newport, R.I. The first of the name in America was born in Fort George, N.Y., some time before the Revolution; his descendants in New York and Newport carried on a great hardware business with their parents in England, but when the troubles occurred they became Tories and left the country. Some of the wax seals on their old letters bear the impression of a Moor’s head, which may have been correct. Others had either the conceit or ignorance to assume the armorial bearings of the famous and noble family of Châtillon of France, which historical race became extinct in 1762. As, during the 14th century some members of the Châtillons were Comtes de Blois, this title, extinct in 1364, over 500 years ago, is most unwarrantably used as if it were the family name, and the Châtillon arms adopted in a most extraordinary way, reversing the ordinary way of acquiring arms; so audacious and arrogant is the assumption and so sublime the impudence it entitles the fact to a high place in the Curiosities of Heraldry.” (These notes are found accompanying the copy of the plate in the collection of the late Mr. James Eddy Mauran.) This plate is apparently copied from the one by Hurd, and as that is much earlier, it may be that the assumption of the arms was due to him instead of to the later users, who simply copied what appeared to be the legitimate plate and arms of an ancestor.

214. DEDHAM. _Library of the “Young Men’s and Young Ladies’ Societies for the Study of the Sacred Scriptures.” Dedham, (Ms)._

The above inscription is printed from type within an oval frame which is cut on wood; elongated cornucopiæ extend their blossoms above and around the central panel; above in a small frame a lute and some music books.

215. DENNY. _William Denny._

Armorial. Motto, _Et mea messis erit_. Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania.

216. DE PEYSTER. _Frederick De Peyster._

Armorial. A plain, heart-shaped shield supported by two eagles on palm branches, which are crossed under the shield and extend upwards on either side. No motto. Signed, _P. R. Maverick Sct._ Of New York. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” February, 1894.

217. DERBY. _Martha Derby._

The name printed within a border of flowers and sprays. A group of musical instruments above.

218. DERING. _Nicoll H. Dering._

Armorial. No motto. The Thomas Dering plate by Hurd, with the name altered.

219. DERING. _Thomas Dering._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _N. Hurd Sculp 1749_. This is the earliest plate by an American engraver which is both signed and dated. But one copy is known at this writing. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 14.

220. DERING. _Thomas Dering._

Crest only, enclosed within a circular ring. The half-date _17--_ is given. Resembles the work of Hurd somewhat.

221. DE WITT. _Richard Varick De Witt._

A small pictorial plate, representing Minerva standing helmeted and with spear and shield in hand. On some copies of this plate the following additional inscription is found engraved, _From his uncle Richard Varick_.

222. DEXTER. _Samuel Dexter’s. MDCCLXXXV._

A printed label, with a border of ornamental type. Eminent lawyer and statesman. Secretary of War 1800, and Secretary of the Treasury, 1801.

223. DILL. _John E. Dill. Boston._

A name-label in which the name is printed within a border made up of ornamental type, although it does not look so at first glance. The back of the design resembles a brick wall; the frame is made up of bouquets in holders, hearts, and an assortment of odds and ends.

224. DINWIDDIE. _Rob’t. Dinwiddie._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Ubi libertas ibi patria_. Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, 1751-1758. See “Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. II, pages 89, 125.

225. DOLBEARE. _Benjamin Dolbeare of Boston in New England. Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Printing House. October 6, 1739._

A very large printed label, with three rows of ornamental type border, between which the following is printed, “The Noble Art and Mystery of PRINTING was first Invented by JOHN GUTTENBERG of _Mentz_, a City of _Germany_ in the YEAR 1440 and brought into ENGLAND by JOHN ISLIP of _London_ in the year of our LORD 1471.” This is very like the plate of Martha Bartlett, illustrated in “The Book-plate Collectors’ Miscellany,” page 20. See note from Mr. Tuer in same, page 29. There was an Edward Dolbier in the Boston Tea-party, 16th December, 1773.

226. DOVE. _Doct. I. Dove. Richmond. Virga._

Armorial. Crest only. A dove ppr. holding an olive branch in her bill. Motto, _Deus providebit_. The design is completed by a festoon and crossed branches in Ribbon and Wreath style. Signed, _Brooks Sculp._ The Doct. Cabell plate was evidently the work of this same engraver.

227. DOVE. _Samuel E. Dove. Richmond. Va._

Pictorial. The dove with the olive branch in her bill flies past mountains with water at their foot. Motto, _Ab initio Deus providebit_, on a circular garter enclosing the picture.

228. DRAYTON. _Drayton, South Carolina._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Non nobis solum_.

229. DRAYTON. _Jacob Drayton, South Carolina._

The same copper as the above with the first name added.

230. DRAYTON. _Wm. Drayton, Middle Temple._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Non nobis solum_. A smaller plate than the preceding, with the same arms. The name and address are given in a bracket bordered with scrolls and foliations. A jurist of South Carolina and Florida.

231. DRAYTON. _William Henry Drayton._

Armorial. Statesman. Born at Drayton Hall-on-the-Ashley, near Charleston, S.C., 1742; died, 1779.

232. DUANE. _James Duane. Esqr._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Nulli praeda_. Signed, _H. D. fect._ The usual pictorial elements of Dawkins’ style are here introduced. The prim shepherdess and attendant swain on one side of the shield, and a lonely young girl singing to herself by a fountain, to the music of her guitar; her home cannot be far away as she wears no hat and is in décolleté attire. Of New York. Statesman. Member of the Old Congress. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” March, 1894.

233. DUDLEY. _Joseph Dudley 1754._

Armorial. Early English. The mantling is very full, curling upwards as well as downward and completely envelopes the shield. It is the common type of denticulated mantling, but not so elegant as some examples. Motto, _Nec gladio nec arcu_. The name appears on the usual scroll beneath the shield. Of the family of the Governor of the colony of Massachusetts. This date, _1754_, was added by Hurd, and is much later than the actual date of the plate.

234. DUER. _E Libris Gul. Alex. Duer._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Esse et videri_. Of New York. Brother-in-law of Beverly Robinson. President of Columbia College from 1829 to 1842. Son of following.

235. DUER. _Willm. Duer. Esq._

Armorial in form. Crest only. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Esse quam videri_. Attributed to Maverick: the frame strongly resembles the Maturin Livingston. The name is on the shield. Born, 1747. Delegate to Continental Congress.

236. DUMARESQUE. _Philip Dumaresque._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _N. Hurd. Sculp._ One of the first officers of old Trinity Church in Boston.

237. DUMMER. _Jer. Dummer Anglus Americanus._

Armorial. Early English. No motto. In the diary of John Hull, the coiner of the early specie of Massachusetts, the following entry is found: “1659. 1st of 5th. I received into my house Jeremie Dummer and Samuel Paddy, to serve me as apprentices eight years.” In the “Heraldic Journal” we learn that Jeremiah Dummer was a goldsmith. Married in 1672 Hannah Atwater. He was the father of Governor William Dummer, and of Jeremiah Dummer the younger, the probable owner of this plate, who was Massachusetts agent in England, 1710-1721.

238. DUNCAN. _James H. Duncan._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Disce pati_. Very crude work.

239. DUNKIN. _Robert Henry Dunkin._

Armorial. Motto, _Disce pati_. Signed, _I. H._ (Hutt.) Of Philadelphia.

240. DUNNING. _Charles E. Dunning._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Semper paratus_. Foliage, roses and a griffin in the ornamentation.

241. DUNNING. _Charles S. Dunning._

Armorial. Impaling Wijnkoop. Chippendale. (Late.) Motto, _Semper paratus_. More elaborate design than the above.

242. DURAND. _John Durand. Esqr._

Armorial. Chippendale. Very fine. Presumably by the brother of Asher B. Durand, who was a fine engraver. A medallion beneath the shield shows cupids in a corn-field.

243. DUVALL. _E Bibliotheca Gabrielis Duvall. A.D. 1778._

The name printed from type within a woodcut border, in which thirteen stars form a patriotic allusion. Signed, _T. S._ (Sparrow.) Of Huguenot descent. Born in Maryland, 1752. Jurist and Federal officer.

244. DYCKMAN. _Dyckman._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. The crossed branches are under the shield, and its edge is embellished with close festooning. _J. G._ written before the name. Motto, _Zyt bestindig_. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” April, 1894.

245. DYCKMAN. _States Morris Dyckman._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Zyt bestendig_.

246. EAST WINDSOR. _Miscellaneous Literary Association, East Windsor._

Allegorical. Minerva in repose. A Greek mask near by.

247. EDWARDS. _Bryan Edwards Esqr. Greenwich Park, Jamaica._

Armorial. Chippendale. Very ornate. Motto, _Nosce te ipsum_. Signed, _Ashby Sculp, Russel Court, London_. Historian, and wealthy merchant in Jamaica.

248. EDWARDS. _Charles Edwards._

Plain armorial. Motto, _The North against the World_. Lawyer and author of New York. Born in 1797.

249. EDWARDS. _Isaac Edwards. North Carolina._

Armorial.

250. ELAM. _Samuel Elam. Rhode Island._

Armorial. Pictorial. A bit of landscape is introduced, and the shield hangs from a ring around the bole of a shattered oak. A very pretty design and well engraved, reminding one somewhat of the book-plates by Bewick.

251. ELIOT. _William H. Eliot._

Armorial. Crest only, within an oval garter on which is given the motto, _Non nobis solum_.

252. ELLERY. _Benjamin Ellery._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Of New York. The same plate is found bearing the name Harrison Ellery.

253. ELLIOTT. _Barnard Elliott._

Plain armorial. Colonel in the Revolution. Signed, _P. R. Maverick_.

254. ELLISTON. _Robert Elliston Gent. Comptrolr. of his Majesties Customs of New York in America._

Armorial. Jacobean. A very handsome plate indeed, engraved in an excellent manner. The shield is set against a diapered background, and the ornamental moulding of the side is lined with shell-work; the shield rests upon an upturned shell, and two eagles have alighted upon the upper arms. The motto, _Bono vince malum_, is given upon a ribbon under the frame, and there is no curtain or scroll to receive the inscription, which is engraved plainly in three lines beneath all.

255. ELLISTON. _Robert Elliston Gent. Comptrolr. of his Majestie’s Customs of New York in America._

This is very similar to the preceding, but is a trifle larger, and in some respects superior. As before, the shield is placed within the enfolding arms of a Jacobean frame, but the diapered pattern is succeeded by an all-over shell pattern, and a grinning canephoros head supports the shield. On a ribbon above the crest the date is given, _M.DCC.XXV_. The motto, _Bono vince malum_, as before, is on its ribbon under the frame. Again the usual curtain is omitted and the inscription is engraved in three lines below all, with a little more attention to grammatical marks, and in bolder type. The eagles have disappeared. The copy before me has the following in handwriting:--_His gift to the library of St. Georges’ Ch: in ... Queens County province of New York. 1730._ Illustrated in “Curio,” page 65.

256. EMERSON. _William Emerson._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. The work looks very much like Callender’s. Motto, _Fidem servabo_. Father of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

257. ERASMUS HALL. _Erasmus Hall Library._

Allegorical. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt New York_. The plate is divided into two sections: the upper one is enclosed within a circular frame, and contains the allegorical picture. Diana is seen in the foreground directing the attention of a youth to the glories revealed upon the heights above them. Two temples are seen which bear dedications to Fame and to Virtue. Surrounded by clouds the angel of Fame is even now appearing above her sacred fane. The implements of study are at the foot of the youth, and under this scene are the words, FORTITER! ASCENDE. The lower part of the design is simply a wreath enclosing the name. The Erasmus Hall Library belonged to an Academy which was founded at Flatbush, L.I., in 1786.

258. ERVING. _William Erving. Esqr._

Plain armorial. Mottoes, _Quo fata vocant_, and _Flourish in all weathers_. Signed, _Callender Sct._ Undoubtedly of the Boston family of Loyalists.

259. ERVING. (Anonymous.)

Plain armorial. Quartering, “Ar. an eagle displayed sa. within a border invected of the last.” The first and third quarters are the Irvine arms.

260. EUSTACE. _Colonel John Skey Eustace, State of New York._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In hoc signo vinces_. The arms are not correct, as one cross-crosslet is missing, and it is not certain that the crest which hangs in unusual style on a plate, from the festoon, belongs to this family. The crest is balanced by a plate on the other side of the shield, on which a letter _E_ is engraved. The whole is contained within an elongated wreath. The name appears above the shield following the curve of the wreath, and at the bottom two additional lines in Latin serve as another motto, _Ignotis errare locis, ignota videre, Flumina gaudebat: studio minuente laborem_. A variant of the above,--the same copper altered,--gives this motto in place of _In hoc signo vinces,--Sans Dieu rien_. A Revolutionary officer whose bravery was recognized by Congress.

261. EVARTS. _Jeremiah Evarts._

A simple name-label with the motto under the name and a festoon of cloth above it. Motto, _Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus_. Father of the Senator.

262. EVERDELL. _William Everdell._

Armorial in form, though no real arms are shown. Motto, _Semper paratus_. The four quarters of the shield are occupied with implements of the draughtsman’s art. Of New York.

263. EVERETT. _Edward Everett._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Patria veritas fides_. Scholar and orator. Born, 1780; died, 1851.

264. EWING. _Ewing._ (John.)

Armorial. Chippendale. A very porky lamb, books, two cooing doves, and a quadrant are introduced into the framework. Motto, _Audacter_. A Philadelphia clergyman.

265. FAIRFAX. _Bryan Fairfax._

Armorial. Motto, _Fare fac_. Eighth and last baron; friend of Washington.

266. FARMINGTON. _Library in the First Society in Farmington._

A large engraved label.

267. FARMINGTON. _This Book belongs to Monthly Library in Farmington._

Allegorical. Signed, _M. Bull’s & T. Lee’s Sculp._ A large plate in which the Laws and the names with the attendant flourishes take a good deal of the space. In the centre a shelf of books separates two groups of figures. At the right a very stiff youth, in the court costume of the period, with wig, ruffles, and buckled shoes, is seen under the guidance of a portly female figure who impersonates Wisdom.

She appears to be warning the youth of the dangers of pursuing the two sirens who beam at him across the shelf; or else they are meant to represent the sources of Knowledge, and the youth is being conducted to them. As Deacon Bull was not a great engraver we may be pardoned if we do not clearly understand his allegory. However, the LAWS of the Library are very plain, and are neatly engraved under the row of books mentioned.

_1. Two pence pr day for retaining A Book more than a Month._
_2. One penny for folding down a Leaf._
_3. 3/ for lending a book to a Nonproprietor._
_4. Other Damages apprais’d by a Committee._
_5. No person allowed a Book while indebted for a Fine._

Below these stringent rules the following verse is given:--

_The Youth, who, led by WISDOM’S guiding Hand,_
_Seeks VIRTUE’S Temple, and her Laws Reveres:_
_He, he alone, in HONOUR’S Dome shall Stand,_
_Crown’d with Rewards, & rais’d above his Peers._

The design is very ambitious, but is rather poor in execution.

268. FARMINGTON. _Village Library._

Library Interior. A young lady, very prim, and exceptionally neat and austere in her virtuous demeanor, sits upright in a chair beside a table, on which a few books are laid, and an ink-pot with the quill in it. An open case of books on the wall, a closed writing-desk under it, and a print of Washington complete the furniture of the room. Out of the window can be seen the inspiring sight of a steep hill, upon the summit of which the pillared Temple of Honor stands.

The following verse is given:--

_Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll:_
_Charms strike the sense, but merit wins the soul._

Also of Farmington, Conn.

269. FAUQUIER. _Francis Fauquier. Esqr._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia from 1758 to his death in 1768. Regarded by Jefferson as the ablest executive of Virginia. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.

270. FENDALL. _Philip Richard Fendall._

Armorial. Arms very doubtful. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Esse quam videri_.

271. FENWICK. _Fenwick._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Perit ut vivat_. Signed, _J. Smither. Sc._ A plate showing fertility of design in the engraver, but not much skill with the burin.

272. FISH. _Hamilton Fish. Stuyvesant Square New York._

Plain armorial. Mantling. Motto, _Deus dabit_. Governor of New York State, 1849-1851.

273. FISHER. _Joshua Fisher._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto, name on motto-ribbon. Native of Delaware. A leading merchant of Philadelphia during the Revolution.

274. FITZHUGH. (Anonymous.)

Plain armorial. Motto, _Pro patria semper_. Of Virginia.

275. FITZHUGH. _Willm. Fitzhugh Junr._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Pro patria semper_. Of Virginia.

276. FOOT. _Ebenezer Foot._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Signed, _Maverick. Sct._ Of New York.

277. FOOTE. _Ebenezer Foote._ Plain armorial. No motto.

278. FOOTE. _Foote._

Plain armorial. No motto. The name _John P._ is written in before the family name on the copy at hand.

279. FORBES. _Eli Forbes._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Omni fortunae paratus_. Signed, _T. M. Furnass, St._ This is the only specimen so far discovered of the work of this engraver, who was a nephew and pupil of Hurd. The owner was Chaplin in the army of the Revolution and a missionary to the Indians. (1800.)

280. FORMAN. _Forman._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Deo et amicitiae_. An officer of the Revolutionary army. Had an estate named “Rose Hill,” in Maryland.

281. FOSTER.

A plate of this family name is owned in Boston, but no information concerning it can be obtained. It is said to be the work of Furnass.

282. FOSTER. _Isaac Foster._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Mille mali salutis habeo, species mille_. Signed, _N. Hurd. Scpt._

283. FOWLER. _C. Fowler._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Name on motto-ribbon. A small plate. Of Rhode Island.

284. FOWNES. _From the Library of the late Rev. Joseph Fownes, of Shrewsbury, 1790._

A printed label.

285. FOXCROFT. _John Foxcroft._

Armorial. Of Boston.

286. FRANCIS. _John Francis._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Manet amicitia florebit que semper_. Signed, _Callender Sculp._

287. FRANKLIN. _John Franklin Boston New England._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Exemplum adest ipse homo_. Signed, _J. Turner Sculp_. The shield rests upon a very elaborately ornamented frame, the background of which is covered with a diaper pattern. As supporters, Artemis, the goddess of the moon, with spear and arrow in hands appears upon the left hand, and Apollo, likewise with spear, attends upon the right. Both are represented with the lower part of the figure diminishing into a vase, in the manner of the Termini. They stand upon an ornamental bracket which encloses a sketch of Diana sounding the hunter’s horn, while an attendant unleashes the hound. The points upon which the figures of Artemis and Apollo rest are supported by female busts in profile. The whole design is very ornate, and the plate is perhaps the rarest of our early Americans. John Franklin was the brother of Benjamin of greater fame.

288. FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. _Library of the Franklin Institute._

Portrait plate. A very fine portrait of Benjamin Franklin enclosed in a typical picture-frame of the day.

289. FRAUNCES. _Andrew G. Fraunces._

Armorial. Mantle of estate. Motto, _Procurator industria_. Signed, in the flourishes under the owner’s name, _Maverick Scp._ An unusual style for Maverick.

290. FREEMAN. _Nathaniel Freeman._

Armorial in form, but no arms displayed. The shield hangs upon a dwarfed tree, and has the initials _N. F._ in cipher upon it. A long ribbon trails on the ground and over the shield and tree, bearing the motto, וראת וחררו דאשיו דעת.

291. FRENCH. _Jonathan French._

Armorial. Late Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Of Massachusetts.

292. GALLATIN. _Gallatin._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Persevere_. This is the plate of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), the statesman. He is said to have adopted this motto in place of the family motto.

293. GALLAUDET. _Gallaudet._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Ut quiescas labora_. Not signed, but engraved by Edward Gallaudet.

294. GARDINER. _By the name of Gardiner._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto, the name occupying the motto-ribbon. This is the plate of John-Lion, the seventh proprietor of Gardiner’s Island, who was born November 8, 1770, and who died November 22, 1816. The arms are the same as those of John Gardiner, but the tinctures differ; the bugle-horns are _gules_ in this plate, and _sable_ in the other. This plate is also found with the autograph of David, the eighth and last proprietor, under the will of Mary, the widow of Lion.

295. GARDINER. _John Gardiner._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. This is the plate of the fifth proprietor of Gardiner’s Island. Born, 1714; died, 1764.

296. GARDINER. _John Gardiner of the Inner Temple._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Pro patria mori_. A witty and eloquent lawyer of Boston.

297. GARDINER. _Samuel Gardiner._

Plain armorial. No motto. Of the Maine family.

298. GARNETT. _John Garnett._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. No crest.

299. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE. _Georgetown College._

Pictorial. An eagle just rising from the stump of a tree carries a ribbon floating in his beak, on which the legend, _Presented to the P. Society Library_. Motto above, _Lex libertas salusque gentis_.

300. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE. _Collegium Georgiopolitanum, ad ripas Potamaci in Marylandia._

The American eagle displays the shield of our country on his breast; one talon is upon a globe, the other grasps a cross. The motto, _Utraque unum_, is given upon a ribbon which flutters from the beak of the eagle. Above, in a blaze of glory, an ancient lyre is seen. Branches of oak rise on either side of the design.

301. GHITON. _William R. Ghiton. 1718._

Armorial.

302. GIBBES. _Edmund A. Gibbes._

Plain armorial. No motto. Of South Carolina.

303. GIBBES. _James S. Gibbes._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Amor vincit naturae_. Of Charleston, S.C.

304. GIBBS. _John Walters Gibbs._

Armorial. A very peculiar frame showing Jacobean, Chippendale, and Ribbon and Wreath features. No motto. Crude work.

305. GIBBS. _John Walters Gibbs. Charleston. So. Carolina._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Beware my edge_, in reference to the battle-axes of shield and crest. Signed, _Abernethie Sculpt._ The edge of the shield is close-trimmed with festooning, and tall vases rest upon the scrolls at the sides.

306. GIBS. _James Gibs._

Armorial. Of New York. Signed by Maverick.

307. GILES. _Daniel Giles._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Toujours le même_.

308. GILES. _James Giles._

Armorial. Military trophies with slight Ribbon and Wreath ornamentation. Motto, _Libertas et patria mea_. Signed, _Maverick Sculp._ Behind the shield a plentiful supply of munitions of war are arranged. The flags of the United States and of England, swords, pikes, lances, muskets, bayonets, cannon in the act of discharging, trumpets, drums, wormers, ramrods, cleaners, piles of cannon-balls, and kegs of powder are in the assortment.

309. GILMER. Armorial. Of Virginia.

310. GILPIN. _Henry D. Gilpin._

Pictorial. The arms are carved upon a large fragment of the adjacent ruins, and which lies at the base of a broken column. The ribbon under the shield bears the motto, _Dictis factisque simplex_. A large tree rises behind the broken column and cuts off the view, but a part of a castle is visible, and between it and the fore view a knight on horseback assisted by one on foot is chasing a wild boar, which is a plain reference to the charge on the shield. Signed, _C. G. Childs_. Attorney-General of the United States. 1840-1841.

311. GILPIN. _Henry D. Gilpin._

A plate so nearly identical with the preceding as to be taken for it without close examination. This plate is not signed.

312. GILPIN. (Anonymous.)

The plate of John Gilpin, English Consul at Newport. Motto, _Dictis factisque simplex_.

313. GOELET. _John Goelet._

Armorial. Jacobean. A beautiful example. No motto. Not signed, but probably by Maverick.

314. GOODWIN. _George Goodwin._

Pictorial. A bracket of graceful design and ornamentation supports two substantial piles of books, between which ensconced in branches of flowers and holding a lyre in his hands, sits a pleasant-faced cupid. Attributed to Doolittle. Publisher of “The Courant,” Hartford, Conn.

315. GORHAM. _Joseph Gorham._