The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25

| ~ hanusome volume published in a lin
ited edition Of 210 copies Is The Ciri,
ancestry ofNe,c York--Citv and state
oy EDWARD SEYMoUR WILDE OF the New
Jersey bar published by the autho,
ut the Irving Press. The worl
Is not In history form but rather
| IN that OF q lawyers brief OF the fact,
and principles relating to the scIenc.
OF arms. seals and medals in their rela.
ton to history. in this case particu.
larizing the various insignia arising In
the Dutch period, the English period
ana the present unfinished period OF
the history OF the city and State at
New York. New Jersey has been in.
. Guided In the Dutch period as il formed
an Integral part OF what was then
known as the province OF New Neither.
ahd. The insignia Impressions are
rendered In hand painted color blazon.
in photogravure and line.
Inc neglect arising from very i'm
perfect knowledge Of the science of
heraidty gave rise IN the written his
tory OK seventy or eighty years AGO 10
serious misconstpuction. and subsequent
writer's have adopted these unfortuna,.
errors, many OF which the present vol
ume corrects. This applies to the Great
Seal OF the State OF New York as now
IN use, which Is shown to have boon
originally almost literal COPY OF a
Dutch medal as given by Gerard van
Loon in his Beschryving Der Neder.
iandsche H!storipenningen Of 1923. The
celebrated Van Abeele medal showing
the origin of the arms of old Amstere
dam In the eleventh century, appears
III .ltaf H.
again the same arms OF 1873 with sun.
porters added: the latter also given in
color blazon.
The seal of the Province OF New
Netherland granted by the States-Gen-
eFai IN 1873 and the now UNIQUE i'm
preston OF the seal of the city OF New
YORK when II was known as "Amster-
damp In New Netherland" in 1854 an
pear upon certified copy Of a deed
made by Abraham Verplanck to Domino
Johannes Megapolenss for a lot on
lower broadway dated January 81
1896. More than half a century ago
Dr. OCallaghan in the documentary
History or New York" referring To thi.
seal. said: This seal Is exceedingly
rare We know not OF a duplicate orig
!nal impression" About that time II
disappeared, but fortunately wa. redts-
covered by the author In time for u.s.,
IN his book. This is also given in color
hlazon.
The Duke OF iork's seal of the Prov
.nce Of New York. sent over in 1863 is
given In line from the Dongan charter
This seal is very Incorrectly and I'm
properly cut In the facade Of the new
Municipal Building
Especially interesting IS the photo
gravure, original size and enlarged. OF
the personal seal Of George Clinton,
the first Governor OF the State, which
he was authorized 10 use as Great
Seal OF the State in lI77 pending the
adoption OF Great seal by the State
Legislature. which was not done until
March Is. 1898. This Is reproduced In
color as frontispiece. No other i'm
preston Is known to exist.
Tho State pendent seals N "l777"
md l1ss. together with the patents to
which they were attached, were de-
'troyed In the State House fire of
March 70. 1911. but some time prior To
he fire the author had obtained pho
ographs VI the seals and copies Of the ,
grants. The seals are hero shown In !
>hotogravure. In every case the
'roof Is by inspection" leaving no
DOM for doubt. |