. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . known to others than book-worms and amateur heraldists. They have been published before,but are not always accessible ; we have therefore thought that a compilation like ours would lack oneof its most precious elements if it did not present, with such notes and commentaries as the docu- VI TOOURSUBSCRIBERS ments suggested, the few home sources from which many of our designs and notices have drawn theirmost valuable details. Let us add, finally, that a fe
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . known to others than book-worms and amateur heraldists. They have been published before,but are not always accessible ; we have therefore thought that a compilation like ours would lack oneof its most precious elements if it did not present, with such notes and commentaries as the docu- VI TOOURSUBSCRIBERS ments suggested, the few home sources from which many of our designs and notices have drawn theirmost valuable details. Let us add, finally, that a few coats of arms—a dozen perhaps—inserted in our Volume I., willbe found again in our colored plates. Some important reason—altogether in the interest of exacttruth—has guided us in this repetition, as will be apparent to our readers, if they take the troubleof comparing the duplicated shields. In a postscript—following a General Index of the whole work—we propose to give our con-cluding, unbiased opinion of the work as a whole, hoping for the last portion of it the same cordialwelcome granted our Volume I. E. DE V. EARLY DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE FAMILIES OF GENTLE BLOOD WHO SETTLED IN NORTH AMERICA BEFORE 1800 THE GORE ROLL OF ARMS We propose to place on record in this work a transcript of this very valuable collection of the armsof New England families, made during the last century. The original MS. is at present inaccessible, butthe first publishers, the editors of the Heraldic Journal, defunct twenty-three years ago, had the advantageof a very careful copy, painted by Isaac Child, Esq., a gentleman well versed in the rules of Heraldry,and his transcript may be accepted as entirely authentic* * The earliest coats recorded are dated in 1701 and 1702, the latest in 1724; it seems highly probable that thedates refer to the time when the memoranda were made, because there is no other reason for affixing a special the first coat is that of Deane Win
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