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Tlie Correct Arms of the State of New York. 



so far as possible, regard being bad to the failure of the engraver to 

 indicate color by the usual mode of dots and lines, and to the mod- 

 ern costume of the figures.* 



The second specime>i of the Arms is one which was painted upon 

 the flag of the Third New York Regiment commanded by Col. Peter 

 Gansevoort, Jr., during the revolutionary war. The regiment had 

 been raised and recruited by him in 1777, and its first active service 

 was in defense of Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk river, where it made 

 a successful sortie against the forces under Gen. St. Leger. The 

 colonels of the three New York regiments had petitioned the Commit- 

 tee of Safety to be furnished with colors as early as Nov. 30, 1776. 

 But this regiment was still unprovided with a flag. The knowledge 

 that the flag, which they had improvised during the investment, had 

 been made with portions of the garments of some of those within the 

 fort, induced the preparation, in the year 1778 or 1779, of the beautiful 

 stand of colors for the regiment, which is still reverently preserved in 

 the family, althou2:h much tattered. With the kind consent of its 



*Blazou of the Arms of Xew York as engraved on the Military Commission of 

 1778, by Mr. George R. Howell. 



Arms. Azure, in fess, the sun rising in splendor, or, behind a range of three 

 mountains, vert and half irradiated, at their base forming a grassy shore ; in base 

 a ship and sloop under sail, passing and about to meet, on a river (or strait) irra- 

 diated, bordered by a grassy shore fringed with shrubs, all proper. 



Crest. On a wreath argent and vert, an eagle proper rising to the dexter 

 from a two-thirds of a globe, showing parallels of latitude, and the Atlantic 

 ocean with adjoining outlines of the equatorial portions of the two continents. 



Supporters on a quasi compartment formed by the extension of the scroll. 



Dexter. Liberty, her face, neck, arms, and hands proper, the feet in socks; 

 vested in a short tunic, uncinctured, fringed at bottom, demi-sleeved, over a 

 gown reaching to the feet. Over all, a broad sash vert, festoony, depending from 

 under her sinister arm to her dexter hip, and thence from a fastening nearly 

 to the ankle. In the dexter hand a staff ensigned with a Phrygian cap, the sinis- 

 ter arm embowed, the hand and fore arm behind and supporting the shield ; the 

 sinister foot resting on a royal crown dejected. 



Sinister. Justice, her face, neck, arms, and hands proper, her feet in socks; 

 vested in a short tunic uncinctured, fringed at bottom, demi-sleeved, over a gown 

 reaching to the feet ; over all a broad sash gules, crossing bendwise from the sin- 

 ister shoulder to the dexter hip ; bound about the eyes with a fillet vert (?) ; in the 

 dexter hand a two edged sword, cross-liilted, erect, the middle point resting against 

 her dexter shoulder ; the sinister arm embowed, the hand holding out from the per- 

 son her scales proper. 



Motto. On a scroll argent, in sable, Excelsior. 



Observations. A slight amount of scroll work is employed for ornament above 

 the shield. — No indication of color by dots or lines is given on this engraving, ex- 

 cept in the cases of the wreath, the sash of Liberty, and the sash and fillet of Jus- 

 tice, where the lines represent the colors above given, but may have been intended 

 only as an artist's shading. 



