Sun-dials 



master general, must have familiarized him with this 

 dial, and I am convinced it furnished to him the 

 notion for the design on the first bank-note and 

 coins of the new 

 nation. 



An interesting 

 bit of history 

 allied to America 

 is given to us in 

 the finding of a 

 sun-dial which 

 gives to Ameri- 

 can students of 

 heraldic antiqui- 

 ties another 

 dated shield of 

 the Washing- 

 ton " stars and 

 stripes." 



In Little Bring- 

 ton, Northamp- 

 tonshire, stands a 

 house known as 

 "TheWashington 

 House," which 

 gave shelter to the Washingtons of Sulgrave after 

 the fall of their fortunes. Within a stone's throw 

 of the house has recently been found a sun-dial hav- 

 ing the Washington arms (argent) two bars, and in 

 chief three mullets (gules) carved upon it, with the 

 date 1617. The existence of this stone has been 

 known for forty years ; but it has never been closely 



Sun-dial at "Washington House," Little 

 Brington, England. 



