Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . )iiblicau ; and that, while heraldry mayhave been an aid to the genealogi^^t in 5?enii-feudal ages;,in these days of comprehensive journalism and a super-abundant literature i)ractically there is no need to resort(o armory in the making of genealogical investigations ;anil, further, that while some American families areundenial)ly entitled to l)ear arm those who do bear them are mere usurpers, whn auda-ciously assume the arms of certahi EngU^h lamilies ofthe same name, in whose veins flows not a (
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . )iiblicau ; and that, while heraldry mayhave been an aid to the genealogi^^t in 5?enii-feudal ages;,in these days of comprehensive journalism and a super-abundant literature i)ractically there is no need to resort(o armory in the making of genealogical investigations ;anil, further, that while some American families areundenial)ly entitled to l)ear arm those who do bear them are mere usurpers, whn auda-ciously assume the arms of certahi EngU^h lamilies ofthe same name, in whose veins flows not a (hop of kin-dred blood—unless, perchance, the two families happento l)e, in common, lineal descendants of Noah. This last objection is unquestionably a taniriblc and atruthful one. It has been asserted with much positive-ness that of the many ]Massachusetts fjimilies nowbearing arms, only eleven have a technical, \. p., anhereditary right to them. To a more or less extent the ^A. (8) LOGAN. same thini; can be said of There arcscores of families in Philadilphia lo-day who-c station-ery isgorgeou>ly illuminated with armorial insi^Miia. to 44 () A SYLVAN LITY. which they have no more right than to the castles andestates of the nobiUty and gentry whose arms they havefilched. There is no question but that tliis is a speciesof combined robbery and snobbery which is unpleas-antly common. The mode of procedure is as follows : Mr. MichaelIatrick McLarry has recently struck oil—or a bo-nanza. Mr. Michael Patrick McLarry having settled
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