Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 85
ter by General Washington, the framers of the Constitution gottheir idea of the stars and stripes and the spreadeagle of the national emblem —only an advanceupon the bars gules, the three mullets, and theraven of the old shield of the Washingtons ofSulgrave Manor. Blue seems to have been added to… … THE ARMS EMBLAZONED GENERAL WASHINGTON S COACH. Ovid: Exitus acta probat, which, freely trans-lated, means Actions are tested by their results.These arms were on his carriage panels, his book-marks, and his watch-seals. Admiral Preble, of the United States navy, whowrote a very interesting work on…
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