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Image: Coat of Arms of Thomas Mifflin

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Description: Unofficial coat of arms used by the family of John Mifflin (1661–1714) of Philadelphia. Shield: Or a chevron Azure. In a sinister chief a star of 6 points Gules Crest: A bird with a twig Caution: The source contains the following warnings about authenticity: "Readers whose chief interest is in 'authentic' arms... must look elsewhere." —Bolton's American Armory (1927), Introduction, p. ix "[W]e have put away all question of their right to armorial bearings. With the quaint fancies... that the bearing of officially authorized arms is a condition of nobility we are unconcerned." —Ibid. (quoting O. Barron, 1907)
Title: Coat of Arms of Thomas Mifflin
Credit: Bolton, Charles Knowles (1927) Bolton's American Armory (2009 reprint ed.), Boston: F. W. Faxon Co., p. 115 ISBN: 978-0-8063-0044-3. . citing Zieber, Eugene (1895) Heraldry in America, Philadelphia: Department of Heraldry of the Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company, p. 68 .
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