. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . ia;—wherever a kind voice has arisen to encourage the com-piler, not sparing him words of warning or well-deserved criticisms—all duly made the most of andmethodically classified. 192 AMERICA HERALDICA As to our co-laborers in bringing out this book—certainly a worthy specimen of Americanhandicraft,—to our friendly and talented illustrator, to the lithographers, who spared no trouble togive a proper dress to the expression of his artistic thought, to our
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . ia;—wherever a kind voice has arisen to encourage the com-piler, not sparing him words of warning or well-deserved criticisms—all duly made the most of andmethodically classified. 192 AMERICA HERALDICA As to our co-laborers in bringing out this book—certainly a worthy specimen of Americanhandicraft,—to our friendly and talented illustrator, to the lithographers, who spared no trouble togive a proper dress to the expression of his artistic thought, to our kind and never-weary typo-graphers,—to the many helpers who have bestowed on us more than their time or their usual at-tention to business, we address here the deeply felt assurance of our grateful regard. And with these few last words, we lay down our pen, after a long period of minute work,hoping to have erected herein a durable—if modest—monument, not to the trivial vanity of a few,but to the sterling virtues and to the noble deeds of that colonial period which has made us what we are. TlVOLI-ON-HUDSON, N. March,. E. deV. VERMONT. The Great Seal of the United States, the facsimile of which isfound here, is officially blazoned as follows: Arms : Paleways of thirteen pieces, argent and gules, a chief, azure;the escutcheon on the breast of the American Eagle displayed:proper—holding, in his dexter talon, an olive branch, and, inhis sinister, a bundle of thirteen arrows: all proper;—and inhis beak a scroll, inscribed with this Motto : E pluribus wmm. [One of many.] Crest : Over the head of the Eagle, which appears above the es-cutcheon, a glory breaking through a cloud: proper—and sur-rounding thirteen stars, forming a constellation, argent, on an azure field. ■^r^rt--^ America HnRAbBiGA A COMPILATION OF (lOKn OF ARm$ ;.^., <:/- c CRESTS HND MOTTOBS OF PROMINENT AMERICAN FAMILIES ^GCCLGD in tm (^OUnCRY BGFOHG 1800 EDITED BY E. de V. VERMONT ILLUSTR
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