Part 14
Armorial. Motto, _Nec sorte nec fato_. Born in New York about 1760. One of the proprietors of East Jersey.
750. RUTLEDGE. (Anonymous.) Rutledge arms.
Supporters, a collared lion and an American Indian. They stand upon the ribbon, which bears the motto, _Progredi non regredi_. Signed, _S. C. Barnes & Co., Coventry St._ Of South Carolina.
751. ST. CLAIR. _Sir John St. Clair Bart._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Quo cunque ferar_. Signed, _Ja. Turner, Philada., Sculpt._ Munitions of war are seen behind the name-bracket. Of Philadelphia. A British officer, associated with Braddock.
752. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH. _Library of the Sunday Schools attached to St George’s Church, established A. D. 1819. Presented by.... No...._
Above the words is a pretty little picture of a child on her knees reading from a book on a table before her. This plate is not signed, and seems to be better work than was done on the plate of the Teachers’ Union of this same church.
753. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH. _The property of the Teachers’ Union of St. George’s Church. Presented by.... No...._
An engraved label. No ornamentation beyond flourishes. Signed, _Rollinson_.
754. SALTER. _Richard Salter, Esq. Barbadoes._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto-ribbon empty. The name is given on the looped curtain.
755. SALTONSTALL. _Walter Saltonstall._
Armorial. Arms, Argent, a bend gules, between two eagles displayed sable. Crest, out of a ducal coronet a demi-pelican vulning herself.
756. SALTONSTALL. _William Saltonstall._
Armorial.
757. SAMUELS. (Anonymous.) Plate of James Samuels.
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _L’un Pour l’autre_. Signed, _H. Dawkins, Philada., Fecit_. The hissing griffin, as in the Bushrod Washington plate, is given here.
758. SARGEANT. _Jacob Sargeant._
Armorial in form, though no real arms are shown. Chippendale. Motto, _Cito pede praeterit aetas_. Not signed, but engraved on brass by the owner. Of Connecticut. Some dated copies of this plate are about, but the date is not contemporary or correct. Also, the plate was not signed originally.
759. SARGENT. _Daniel Sargent Junr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec quaerere honorem nec spernere_. Signed, _Callender Sc._ Of Massachusetts.
760. SARGENT. _Epes Sargent._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-scroll empty. Signed, _P. Revere Sculp._
761. SARGENT. _Winthrop Sargent._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Fortior quo rectior_. Of Massachusetts. Statesman and Revolutionary soldier.
762. SCHUYLER. _Philip Schuyler Esqr._
Armorial. Early Chippendale. No motto. Major-General in the Revolution, and was, after the war, a Senator. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 110.
763. SCHUYLER. _Samuel Schuyler._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Semper fidelis_. Of New York. Born, March 10, 1746; died, 1790.
764. SCOTT. _Benjamin Scott._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto.
765. SCOTT. _Gustavus Scott._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Gaudia magna nuncio_. A lawyer of Virginia. Died in Washington, 1801.
766. SCOTT. _John V._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In God we trust_. This plate is just like the De Witt Clinton by Maverick. The last name is torn out in the only copy seen, but the arms are those of Scott.
767. SCOTT. _Winfield Scott._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Amore patriae_. Of Virginia. Famous General.
768. SCOTTON. _John Scotton._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Of Boston, Mass.
769. SEARS. _Sears._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon empty.
770. SEARS. _David Sears._
Armorial. A knight in armor and an Indian for supporters. Motto, _Honore et fides_. Circa 1830.
771. SECOMBE. _John Secombe his book 1729._
Name-label, with ornamental type border. Clergyman and poet. Of Massachusetts.
772. SEDGWICK. _Theodore Sedgwick Junr._
Crest only. The crest is given above an oval garter, within which is the motto, _Confido in Domino_. Publicist and lawyer of Albany, N. Y.
773. SELFRIDGE. _Thomas O. Selfridge Boston 1799._
Two fluted pillars are joined at the capitals by festoons of roses; the name is in the open space between them. A woodcut. Selfridge was the Federalist lawyer of Boston who shot Charles Austin.
774. SEMPLE. Armorial. Of Virginia.
775. SETON. _William Seton._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Hazard zit forward_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ Of New York.
776. SEWELL. Armorial.
777. SHEPPARD. _John H. Sheppard._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nil desperandum_. Of Massachusetts. Lawyer and author.
778. SHERMAN. _Rev. Henry B. Sherman. M.A._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Conquer death by virtue_. A very peculiar use is made of the Jacobean features.
779. SHIPPEN. _Edward Shippen Esquire._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Jurist. Descendant of Edward Shippen, the first Mayor of Philadelphia. Educated in London. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 110.
780. SHIPPEN. _Robertus Shippen. S. T. P. Coll. Aen. Nas. Principatis._
A reproduction of the above. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.
781. SHUBRICK. _Thomas Shubrick, South Carolina._
Plain armorial. Colonel in the Revolution. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 113.
782. SILVESTER. _Peter Silvester Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec degener_. Signed, _Child Sculpt._ No tinctures. Of New York.
783. SIMPSON. _Jonathan Simpson._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Lege et intellige_. This plate is not signed, but is undoubtedly the work of Hurd.
784. SISE. _The Property of Edward Sise._
Pictorial. An extremely rude home-made etching. A beautiful bird is resting upon a stunted tree; an ornamented oval encloses the scene.
785. SITGREAVES. _John Sitgreaves of New Bern_.
Armorial in form, but no arms shown. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Libertas et natale solum_. The name occupies the oval space where ordinarily the arms are displayed. Books and writing-material are introduced below the frame. Signed, _Maverick Scp New York_. Member Old Congress. Revolutionary patriot.
786. SKELTON. _Reuben Skelton Hanover County Virginia._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty.
787. SKIPWITH. _Fulwar Skipwith._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sans Dieu je ne puis_. Of Virginia. Of the family of Skipwith of Preswould, County Leicester. Baronet.
788. SMITH. _Smith._
Armorial. Jacobean.
789. SMITH. _Haziel Smith, Carpenter, New York. Deaf and Dumb._
A printed label, within a circular border. This mention of a physical infirmity on a book-plate is unique.
790. SMITH. _Hezekiah Smith._
Armorial. Late Jacobean. Motto, _Beauty and Grace_. An open book for crest, with the following Greek on it, Ἑρεονατε τας γραφας; the sun in splendor above it. Of Massachusetts.
791. SMITH. (Anonymous.)
Portrait plate. Showing a young man holding a book, clad in the manner of the studious youth of the early part of the century. Beneath, the motto, _Qui contentus felix_. A very pretty bit of engraving. This was the plate of G. A. Smith, a book-lover, whose library was sold in New York City some thirty years ago.
792. SMITH. _James Scott Smith._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Ne crede colori_. Signed, _Maverick Sculp._ Of New York.
793. SMITH. _John A. Smith._
A beautiful pictorial plate. On the smooth face of an immense rock the name is carved; the trees grow close to it on the far side, and in the long distance other trees are seen; clouds float lazily, and the effect is sultry. A doctor of medicine in Virginia. Born, 1782; died, 1865. President of William and Mary College, 1814-1826.
794. SMITH. _John Adams Smith._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Finis coronat opus_. Signed, _Rollinson Sct._
795. SMITH. _John J. Smith._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto; the name occupying the motto-ribbon. This plate is exactly like the James Logan. Great-grandson of James Logan. Librarian of Philadelphia and Loganian libraries.
796. SMITH. _Jonathan Smith. M DCC LX._
A printed name-label from type with ornamental border.
797. SMITH. _Robert Smith._
Armorial. Major-General Smith of Virginia.
798. SMITH. _Samuel Smith._
Name-label; name engraved within an oval, trimmed with a wreath.
799. SMITH. _Samuel Smith, Esquire._
Armorial. Pictorial. A cherub is seated, busily reading, at the right side, while on the left his companion blows lustily upon a horn, in the direction of the sky, whence a third cherub approaches, displaying a long ribbon upon which is the motto, _Omnes fremant licet dicam quod sentio_. The whole design rests upon a bracket garlanded with roses.
800. SMITH. _Thomas Smith._
Armorial. Of Gloucester, Va.
801. SMITH. _Thomas Smith Junr. Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec aspera terrent_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ The customary landscape beneath the shield, and the signature on the open scroll. This plate is a copy of the James Scott Smith plate, and is much better work. Of New York.
802. SMITH. _Thomas J. Smith._
Armorial. Of New York. Signed by Maverick. Lawyer and scholar.
803. SMITH. _William Smith._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Chacun a son goût_. Not signed, but undoubtedly by Hurd. Of Massachusetts.
[Illustration: Samuel Smith Esquire]
804. SMITH. _William Smith._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Tutus si fortis_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ Of New York.
805. SMITH. _William Smith A.M._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Nil utile quod non honestum_. Of New York. Rather wild in appearance.
806. SMITH. _William Smith LL.D. Charleston S. Carolina._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Fidem servabo genusque_. Statesman and lawyer. Born, 1784; died, 1840.
807. SMITH. _William Loughton Smith._
Diplomatist. Statesman of Charleston, S.C. Born, 1758; died, 1812.
808. SMITH. _William P. Smith A.M._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Deus nobis haec otia fecit_. Signed, _Thomas Johnston Sculp._ The most ambitious Jacobean plate of our early period. Probably the plate of William Peartree Smith of New York. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.
809. SMYTH. _Andrew Smyth._
Armorial.
810. SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL. _Sigillum Societatis De Promovendo Evangelio In Partibus Transmarinus._
Allegorical. An oval frame bears the Latin inscription and a broad ribbon underneath bears the following, _The Gift of the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign parts, 1704_. The scene is off the coast; a three-masted ship, with all sails set, is within a few feet of the shore; the missionary, whose height is equal to one half the foremast, stands before that mast with Bible in hand and is already preaching to the natives who, with outstretched hands, come running down the declivity. The imminent danger of the ship is possibly the real cause of the interest on the part of the natives. The full sun bestows his blessing, and a serpentine ribbon in mid-air bears the motto, _Transiens adiuvanos_. Two varieties. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 11.
811. SOUTH CAROLINA. _Protestant Episcopal Society for the Advancement of Christianity in South Carolina._
A printed label.
812. SPAIGHT. _Spaight._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Vi et virtute_. Of North Carolina.
813. SPOONER. _Joshua Spooner._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Follow reason_. Signed, _N. Hurd, Scp._ Of Massachusetts. A very fine plate.
814. SPOONER. _Wm. Spooner._
Pictorial. A play on the name. Two doves are billing and cooing, and two hearts are overlapped above them. Of Newport. Circa 1825.
815. SPOTSWOOD. (Anonymous.)
Armorial. Early Chippendale. Motto, _Patior ut potiar_. Of Virginia.
816. SPRIGG. _Richard Sprigg junr._
Name-label within an ornamental border of foliated scrolls, in the top of which a group of thirteen stars is fixed. Signed, _T. Sparrow_. Above his name are the letters _F. G._, whose meaning is lost. A woodcut.
817. SPRY. _William Spry._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _W. Smith’s_. Of New York. The design of this plate is similar to some by Dawkins, but the execution is superior. Probably Dawkins copied from Smith, who was without doubt an English engraver.
818. STANFORD. _Thos. N. Stanford._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Verum dicit_. Signed, _Rollinson_.
819. STEARNS. _Stearns._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Firm_. Of Massachusetts.
820. STEARNS. _Benjamin Stearns._
Name-label. Above the name a cabalistic arrangement of the letters W. V. and M. with four hands in pairs pointing at them. Motto, _Nihil me tangere_, altered to _Noli me tangere_. Dated 1833.
821. STEPHENS. _William Stephens._
Armorial. Jacobean. Mantling. Motto, _In corrupta fides nudaque veritas_. This resembles the plate of William Cowper, Clerk of Parliament. Not signed, but possibly by Maverick, although not in his usual style.
822. STEVENS. _Henry Stevens, Barnet. Vt. (Walton’s Press, Montpelier. Vt.)._
The arms of the State with its motto, _Freedom and Unity_. Under this, in a frame, is the following poem:--
_In Paradise, the tree,_ _Of knowledge was the pride:_ _By God’s supreme decree,_ _The man who eat--then died._
_But Heaven in mercy since_ _Does him who tastes forgive:_ _To know, is no offence:_ _Now, he who eats--shall live._
The famous bibliographer.
823. STEVENS. _The Property of Henry Stevens, Barnet, 180-._
A simple name-label, printed, with ornamental type.
824. STEWART. _Anthony Stewart Annapolis Maryland._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Nobilis ira_. A very handsome design, the name-bracket being large and handsomely ornamented; rows of roses down the sides, and the graceful foliation, make a very handsome plate.
825. STEWART. _James Stewart. New York._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Nil Desperandum._
826. STEWART. _Hon. John Stewart Esqr. Quebec._
Plain armorial. Mantling. Motto, _Nobilis ira_. Signed, _S. Jones Sc Quebec_.
827. STILLE. _Alfred Stille. M.D._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Innocenter, patienter, constanter_. A large plate. Of Philadelphia.
828. STITH. _William Stith._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Rather virtue than learning_, in Greek. The historian of Virginia. Date of plate, circa 1745. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 15.
829. STOCKBRIDGE. _Charles Stockbridge._
Name-label. Very much in the style of pen flourishes.
830. STOCKTON. _Richard Stockton, A.M._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Omnia Deo pendent_. Books are shown at either side of the shield. Signer of the Declaration and father of Commodore Stockton of New Jersey.
831. STONE. _Wm. L. Stone._
Pictorial. An eagle struggling with a serpent rises into the clouds with it, and bears an open scroll in one talon on which we read, _Demagogues may frown and Factions rage--Traitors may sigh and Tyrants weep, but Freemen will rejoice for...._ A ribbon above the eagle bears the motto, _Justice, Truth_. Signed, _R. Rawdon. Alby._ Author and editor.
832. STOTT. _Ebenezer Stott._
Armorial. Of Virginia.
833. STOWE. _Stowe._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Inter feros per crucem ad coronam_. Calvin Ellis Stowe, clergyman, and husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
834. STRINGER. _Samuel Stringer._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _H. D. fecit_. Prominent physician in Eastern New York State. Born in Maryland, 1734.
835. STROBEL. _Martin Strobel. Charleston. S.C._
Literary. Identical with the George Goodwin and the Frederick Marsh plates.
836. STURGES. _John Sturges._
Armorial. Signed by Maverick. No further information is obtainable.
837. STUYVESANT. _Peter Gerard Stuyvesant._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Jovae praestat fidere quam homine_.
838. SULLIVAN. _John Sullivan._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Modestia victorix_. Signed, _J. Callender Scp._ Of New Hampshire. Major-General in the Revolutionary army.
839. SUMNER. _Thos. W. Sumner._
Name engraved upon a sable tablet; festoon of cloth above.
840. SUMNER. _W. H. Sumner._
Plain armorial. Motto, _In medio tutissimus ibis_. The plate of Gen. William Hyslop Sumner. Born, Dorchester, Mass., 1780; died, 1861.
841. Supreme Council 33°. _Supreme Council 33° of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction U. S. A._
Masonic emblems. A triangle with _33_ within it; above a regal crown is shone upon by the full rays of the sun; a double-headed eagle grasps a sword. Motto, _Deus meumque jus_.
842. SWAN. _James Swan._
Armorial. Pictorial. Supporters, a Scotchman in tartan and an Indian holding a tobacco-plant. Motto, _Dum spiro spero_. Signed, _Callender Sc._ A beehive at the right, and at the left a view of the ocean, with distant sail in sight. Merchant, politician, scholar, and author before the age of 22. Born in Scotland; came to Boston when very young; a member of the “Tea Party”; wounded at Bunker Hill; went to France and made a fortune; through trouble with a German correspondent he was imprisoned in St. Pelagie, Paris, for fifteen years; died, Paris, 1831.
843. SWETT. _J. B. Swett._
A symbolical plate, representing the profession of medicine. In the upper part a corpse has been laid open for examination, and three cupids are in attendance; a fourth reads a book of reference with woful face, and a saw and vessel would indicate that extreme measures were to be tried. Below the name the serpent of Æsculapius twined about the rod is placed between retorts, and herbs growing in flower-pots. The execution of the plate is poor. John Barnard Swett of Newburyport, Mass.
[Illustration: J. B. Swett.] 844. SWORD. _William Sword._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _H. D. Fecit_.
845. TAYLOE. _Benjn. Ogle Tayloe._
Library interior. The shield occupies more room than anything else in the library, and is in the immediate foreground, standing upright against a pillar; a festoon falls over it; behind shelves of books are seen; books are on the floor, and a globe is in the corner. Of Maryland.
846. TAYLOE. _John Tayloe of Mount Airy Virginia._
This plate is the same as the preceding, and is probably the older print, the other being from the same copper with the name altered.
847. TAYLOR. _George Taylor._
Armorial. Of Charleston, S.C.
848. TAYLOR. (Anonymous.)
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon empty. This plate has a guaranteed autograph of George Taylor, the signer of the Declaration from Pennsylvania; also dated by him in the year of Independence, 1776.
849. TAYLOR. _William Taylor._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Jura sunt mea vindi cabo_. Signed, _Maverick Sct._ Of New York.
850. TAZEWELL. _John Tazewell Virginia._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Ne quid nimis_.
851. TEN BROECK. _John C. Ten Broeck._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Perge coepisti_. Not signed, but very probably by Maverick. Of New York. A soldier of ability in the Revolution; was with Washington at Valley Forge, and was in many important battles. The original copper is now owned by Mr. Beverly Chew, President of the Grolier Club, New York City.
852. THOMAS. _Geo: Thomas. Ex liber, 1798._
Pictorial. The frame is somewhat of the older Jacobean style, having a large pediment, upon which rests a circular frame, enclosing a little sketch of a beehive with the swarm about it, a mortar as large as the beehive standing beside it, with the pestle in it, and an awkward branch of a rose-bush, with two huge blossoms upon it, bending over the mortar. Oak branches ascend on either side of the frame, and what looks as much like a plum pudding as anything blazes away in place of a crest. The name and date are written upon the face of the pediment. A physician of Lancaster, Pa.
853. THOMAS. _Isaiah Thomas._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Nec elatus nec dejectus_. Of Worcester, Mass. Publisher of “Massachusetts Spy.” Attributed to Johnson. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” March, 1894.
854. THOMPSON. Armorial. Of Virginia.
855. THOMPSON. _James Thompson._
Plain armorial. No motto. Signed, _P. Maverick, Durand & Co._
856. THOMPSON. _Robert Thompson._
Armorial. The arms are those of Count Rumford. (Benjamin Thompson.) No further information obtainable.
[Illustration: John Tayloe, of Mount Airy Virginia.]
857. THOMPSON. _Willm. Thompson Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Ante victoriam ne cane triumphum_. A handsome plate. A cornucopiæ of flowers at the left.
858. THORNDIKE. _Oliver Thorndike._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Rosae inter spinas nascunter_. Of Boston.
859. THORNTON. _William Thornton._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Deo spes meo_. Of Virginia. A woodcut. Circa 1745.
860. THRUSTON. Armorial. Of Virginia.
861. TILLOTSON. _Thomas Tillotson._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Virtus est natale meum_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt New York_.
862. TOMLINSON. _John Tomlinson._
Armorial. Chippendale; rather wild. Motto, _Cor unum ira mea_. Signed, _H. D. fecit_. Similar to the Bushrod Washington plate.
863. TRACY. _Nathaniel Tracy._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _N. H. Scp._ Of Massachusetts.
864. TRENCHARD. _Lieut. E. Trenchard. U. S. Navy._
Pictorial. The name is given upon an oval medallion, back of which are grouped the United States flag, pennants, bombs, cannon balls, and an anchor, while in the distance the ship of the Lieutenant is seen. This plate was probably made soon after the War of 1812. Trenchard was born in New Jersey in 1784.
865. TRIPP. _Lot Tripp, New York._
A simple name-label enclosed in an oval frame, and cut on wood by Dr. Anderson.
866. TUBERVILLE. _George Lee Tuberville, Virginia._
Armorial. The shield is on the breast of a large eagle displayed. Motto, _Omnia relinquit servare rempublicam_.
867. TUCKER. _St. George Tucker._
Armorial. Poet, jurist, and Revolutionary soldier of Virginia. Was called the “American Blackstone.”
868. TUFTS. _S. Tufts. Newburyport._
A very roughly engraved label. The name is enclosed within a circular frame.
869. TUTTLE. _The property of Hugh Tuttle, 1822._
The name is arranged in the form of a diamond with the first letter in the centre and the others about it in natural order.
870. TYLER. _Andrew Tyler._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Signed, _N. H. Sculp_. The shield is placed upon a bracket having a handsome diapered pattern; the scrolls are graceful, the canephoros head on which the shield rests has curled hair, and the upper arms of the scroll-work support urns filled with flowers. A goldsmith of Boston.
871. TYLER. _Joseph Tyler._
Armorial. Motto, _Fari quae sentiat_. By Thomas Johnson.
872. TYNG. _Dudley Atkins Tyng._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Esse quam videri_. Signed, _Callender Sp._ Of Massachusetts. Descendant of Governor Dudley.
873. UNIACKE. _Richd. John Uniacke. Esqr. 1801._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Faithful and brave_. Governor-General of Canada.
874. UNITED STATES ARMY. _Head Quarters of the Army._
The American eagle displays the shield of our country upon his breast; the motto, _E Pluribus unum_, and the thirteen stars are given above.
875. UNITED STATES CONGRESS. _Library of Congress, United States of America._
Engraved. Oblong border of oak leaves.
876. UNITED STATES NAVY. _Navy Department._
The American eagle rests upon an anchor. A circular frame about this holds the words, _Hydrographic Office, U. S. Navy_. A ribbon below has on it, _Bureau of Navigation_.
877. UNITED STATES NAVY. _Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation._
A large plate. Upon the shield is a representation of the mariner’s compass; the American eagle flies over the waves above; the motto, _Vigilemus ut vigilatis_, is given upon a ribbon below. Branches of oak are used as decoration.
878. VAN BERCKEL. _P. I. Van Berckel._
Armorial. Supporters, naked barbarians with bludgeons five feet long, and wreaths on their heads; they stand on the motto-ribbon. Motto, _In silentio et spe_. Signed, _Maverick Scp._ Of New York.
879. VAN BUREN. _M. V. Buren._
An engraved label; the name is in script and a thin festoon is draped above it. Very probably the plate of Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States.
880. VAN CORTLANDT. _Van Cortlandt._
Armorial. Military trophies behind the shield. Motto, _Virtus sibi munus_. Of the Manor.
881. VAN NESS. _J. P. Van Ness._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Pro Deo et nobilissima patria Batavorum_. Mantling comes down well upon either side.
882. VAN RENSSELAER. _Jer. Vn. Rensselaer. Esqr._
Armorial. Jacobean. Lieutenant-Governor of New York, 1801-1803.
883. VAN RENSSELAER. _K. K. Van Rensselaer. Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Vertus est vera vetustas_. Signed, _Maverick, Scp._, on an open scroll. Of New York.
884. VAN RENSSELAER. _P. V. Rensselaer._
Armorial. By Billings.
885. VAN RENSSELAER. _Stephen Van Rensselaer._
Armorial. Mantling. The name on a broad ribbon surrounding the whole. Not signed, but probably by Maverick. The “Patron.”
886. VAN WYCK. _Van Wyck._
Armorial. Jacobean. Supporters. Of New York.
[Illustration: Richard Varick Esq.] 887. VARICK. _Richard Varick Esq._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _A. Billings Sculpt._ Patriotic features are introduced into the ornamentation. The plate of Colonel Richard Varick, a brave officer in the Revolution: was Mayor of New York in 1801, and with Samuel Jones revised the law of the State in 1786.
888. VASSALL. _John Vassall. Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. This plate is not signed, but is undoubtedly the work of Hurd. Of Cambridge, Mass.; inheritor of a large fortune, which he augmented largely; a Loyalist, and a refugee; lived for some time in England, and died there. His mansion-house at Cambridge became the headquarters of General Washington, and later the home of the poet Longfellow. He would not use the family motto, “Saepe pro rege, semper pro republica,” on his coat-of-arms, it is said.
889. VAUGHAN. _Benjamin Vaughan._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Prudenter et simpliciter_. Of Maine. Educated in London; gave his library to Bowdoin College.
890. VAUGHAN. _Samuel Vaughan._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _In prudentia & simplicitate_. Mantling around the helmet. A wealthy planter of Jamaica. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 11.
891. VAUGHAN. _Samuel Vaughan Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Christi servitus vera libertas_. The Vaughan arms impaling Hallewell.
892. VAUGHAN. _Samuel Vaughan Junr._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Prudenter et simpliciter_. Of Maine.
893. VAUGHAN. _William Vaughan._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Prudenter et simpliciter_. Very similar to the Samuel Vaughan Junr.
894. VAUX. _Edward Vaux._
Plain armorial. No motto. Of Philadelphia.
895. VAVASOUR. _Josias Short Vavasour._