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Excerpt from Primitive American Armor The coat would be formed of from 3 to 5 imbricating rows of plates so constructed, having offsets under the armpits and straps for the Shoulders. Sometimes a yoke of skin fitting the neck and Shoulders formed a support for the rows of plates, as in specimens from St. Law rence Island. The coat is fastened at the back, being tied with thongs or having a toggle and loop. Iron armor plates were dug up in a marsh at Cape Prince of Wales (see pl. And plates of iron and copper were found on St. Lawrence Island. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Crozier's General Armory: A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor The Study Of Heraldry has been regarded by many as dry and unprofitable, yet on the least inquiry into its origin and intent it will be found not only interesting to the layman, but in many respects essential to historians and antiquaries. The pride of ancestry is innate in nearly every one, and many incidents faintly written upon the pages of history would forever have remained dark but for the light flashed on them by the torch of Heraldry. Americans are very ardent genealogists, and in many cases have as full a title to armorial bearings as their foreign cousins, so that it is only natural that they should share with the world in general some curiosity as to the right to bear arms. The arms-bearing families in the United States are principally those who trace their origin to the Knickerbocker families of New York, the Cavaliers of the South, the Puritans of New England, the Quakers of Pennsylvania and Huguenot exiles of noble blood. It must be remembered that the early settlers, although often styled merchants and yeomen, were mostly men of good family, their seals and much of the plate brought with them from the Old World being engraved with their Arms. The War of the Revolution destroyed Britain's domination over the Colonies, but it did not, and could not, abrogate the right of Americans to Coat Armor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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