American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with ExamplesAllen, Charles Dexter
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American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples
Allen, Charles Dexter
Bookplates -- Bibliography; Bookplates, American
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._
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