Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . (6) BUSHROD WASHINGTON. American writer, Arms are worthy of preservation,since they are valuable evidence for the genealogist. On the other hand it i^ maintained with equal vigorthat the indulgence in heraldic devices evidences a 444 A SYLlAX CITY. tWm m \ ?Illj |i !lf« 1 ::^ IL ?, . iOii^iii #K-. momirchial U1uUIr-\ , altooutlier out of place amoujj;ro})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
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . (6) BUSHROD WASHINGTON. American writer, Arms are worthy of preservation,since they are valuable evidence for the genealogist. On the other hand it i^ maintained with equal vigorthat the indulgence in heraldic devices evidences a 444 A SYLlAX CITY. tWm m \ ?Illj |i !lf« 1 ::^ IL ?, . iOii^iii #K-. momirchial U1uUIr-\ , altooutlier out of place amoujj;ro})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 mor
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