Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . (37) PENINGTON. of hatchments upon the occasion of the death of somedistinguished personage. Hatchments are lozenge-slmped frames charged with a shield-of-arms—a sort ofinescutcheon—usually affixed to the frout of a houseupon the decease of one of its principal inmates, and,upon the day of the funeral, carried to the chiinli andhung upon the wall, ur upon some convenient pillar, THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. 4C9. (38) IIOPKINSOX. there to remain for all time. There are but two hatch-ments positively known to be in exis
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . (37) PENINGTON. of hatchments upon the occasion of the death of somedistinguished personage. Hatchments are lozenge-slmped frames charged with a shield-of-arms—a sort ofinescutcheon—usually affixed to the frout of a houseupon the decease of one of its principal inmates, and,upon the day of the funeral, carried to the chiinli andhung upon the wall, ur upon some convenient pillar, THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. 4C9. (38) IIOPKINSOX. there to remain for all time. There are but two hatch-ments positively known to be in existence in Americaat the present time. One of these, containing the armsof Frederick Smyth, a former Chief Justice of XewJersey, hangs beneath the belfry of Christ Church, whereit has remained since IBOG. The only other authentichatchment in this country is one known as tlu EalphIzard hatchment, hanging in the (juaint Churcli of , at Goose Creek, S. C. Tlie Izards are relatedto the Draytons of Philadelphia, formerly a South Caro- 470 A SYLVAN CITY. Una family also. They are likewise related by marriafjeto the Shippens—George Izard, a sou of Pialpb Izard,having married the relict of Thomas Lee Shippeu. The older we grow as a nation, the more heed wenaturally give to matters historical and anticpiarian ;and as genealogical research lies distinctively withinthe domain of the historian and paleologist, so the sub-
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