Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, Virtute patria tuemini. A beautiful plate. On a ribbon at the very top, Peperi. William P. Sparhawk, grandson of the first Sir William Pepperell, assumed his name and was created a baronet, Oct. 29, 1774. This was undoubtedly his plate. The vast estates of the family were confiscated in 1778, as they were Loyalists. The crown allowed five hundred pounds to Sir William.
[665.] Perkins. Thomas Handasyd Perkins.
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. A prominent merchant of Boston. Born, 1765.
[666.] Petigru. James Louis Petigru.
Plain armorial. Motto, Verité sans peur. Prominent lawyer of Charleston, S.C. Born, 1789; died, 1863.
[667.] Philadelphia. Apprentices Library Co. of Philada.
A group of implements indicative of the work done by the patrons of the Library. On a panel of a desk are the words, Instituted 1820; below this, Science, Art, Virtue. An open book upon the desk displays these words, Take fast hold of instruction let her not go for she is thy life. Proverbs. Ch. 1. ver. 17.
[668.] Philadelphia. Apprentices Library Company of Phila. Instituted 1820. Opened for girls 1842.
This plate is a little later than the former, and the scene is shifted from the class-room to the forest: here by the running brook, overshadowed by the pines and oaks of the forest, a scroll is found upon a rock bearing the same quotation from Proverbs that appears upon the preceding plate. This is a woodcut very much in the style of Anderson.
[669.] Philadelphia. The Carpenters Company of Philadelphia, 1724. Armorial in form. On the shield a square is used as a chevron, and is placed between three pairs of dividers. No tinctures. The full sun shines powerfully from above.