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...described such a coat of arms as was most pleasing to his taste. The Club never advanced beyond this first step, but a report of their proceedings at the first and only meeting they ever had may be interesting. After calling the meeting to order, the President asked the Boating-man for his coat of arms. "Well, Mr. President, I would put on a navy-blue field two eight-oared shells; in the fore-ground one with a crimson-shirted coxswain, and away off in the distance, just visible, the other boat with a blue-shirted coxswain. I should have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR HERALDRY CLUB. | 3/19/1880 | See Source »

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