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.