tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2942124997162626607.post1677343432752658187..comments2024-03-27T11:10:03.817-05:00Comments on Heraldry: American “Royal” ArmsDavid B. Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094862082373555586noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2942124997162626607.post-89368009160600842802018-02-04T11:32:36.528-06:002018-02-04T11:32:36.528-06:00This reminds me of a lecture I heard last February...This reminds me of a lecture I heard last February at HisGen in Boston by their heraldry specialist Christopher Carter Lee. I once thought it was harder for people with backgrounds in Eastern Europe to prove their family coat of arms, but it turned out that so many of the American people with English and Irish backgrounds just grabbed onto families with the same names in published books and rolls of arms. In reality, many of these, especially the ones wealthy Bostonians and New Englanders took in the 1800s, were falsified! This one seems to fit the same bill.Daniel Balhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465974261371630671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2942124997162626607.post-27455945519140155802009-03-31T15:33:00.000-05:002009-03-31T15:33:00.000-05:00Indeed! I found the bookplates for General George...Indeed! I found the bookplates for General George McClellan, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of much interest.<BR/><BR/>DavidDavid B. Appletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094862082373555586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2942124997162626607.post-5551778187009990892009-03-30T13:31:00.000-05:002009-03-30T13:31:00.000-05:00Thought you might also be interested in my bookpla...Thought you might also be interested in my bookplate blog Http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com<BR/>The original article about Clark Gable was posted there on 11/30/2008<BR/>Lew JaffeLew Jaffehttp://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com