Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . (•J.») WATMOUCiH. (oO) liOlDINOT. sident of the Council, etc His coat-of-arms, referredto above, as borne by liimsrlf and by his descendantsofthe present day and as usi-d by the Library,is also given herewith (8). 77//; UinilT TO BEAR ARMS. -nil Likewise will be found above the arms of .lolm l)i«k-insoii, born in 17:32, uutlior of the fumou- • FaiincrsLetters, founder of Dickinson College, and, succcss-. (31) TIIF SMYTH HATCHMENT AT CHRIST rHTTHCn. ively, President of Delaware and cf Pennsylvania. Hisbr


Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . (•J.») WATMOUCiH. (oO) liOlDINOT. sident of the Council, etc His coat-of-arms, referredto above, as borne by liimsrlf and by his descendantsofthe present day and as usi-d by the Library,is also given herewith (8). 77//; UinilT TO BEAR ARMS. -nil Likewise will be found above the arms of .lolm l)i«k-insoii, born in 17:32, uutlior of the fumou- • FaiincrsLetters, founder of Dickinson College, and, succcss-. (31) TIIF SMYTH HATCHMENT AT CHRIST rHTTHCn. ively, President of Delaware and cf Pennsylvania. Hisbrother, Cn-neral Philemon Dickinsun-lwth bein- sonsof Judge Samuel Dickinsou, of Kent Couuty, Delaware,—l)ore the same arms (5). r,riiiamin FrankUus brother, John Franklin, hoir acoaL-of-arms, as given above, although it is staled up-Mi 402 .1 SYLVAN CITY. very excellent authority that it was borne without right,behig of spuriou^s origin. That Benjamin Franklinbrouglit this lieraldic insignia with him wlicn he emi-grated from Massachusetts is not clear. It is very prob-able that he did not (3(3). Among other distinguished members of the ProvincialCouncil was Thomas Hopkinson. Francis Hopkinson,one of the signers of the Declaration of Independencefrom New Jersey, was a son of his, while a son of thesigner, Joseph Hopkinson, was a distinguished Judge,and the author of that familiar song, Hail name is still a reputable one in Fhiladelphia. TheHopkinson arms are given herewith


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