Flamen Ball bookplate   Save
Katherine Geis Collection
Description: This photograph shows a bookplate of Flamen Ball, Jr. (1809-1885), a Cincinnati attorney who was a law partner of Salmon P. Chase. The design features a shield decorated with three stars above a lion. A leaping stag is located above the shield. A wreath of oak leaves is tied with an an armorial ribbon bearing the Latin motto "Semper caveto," meaning "Be always on guard." Born in New York City, Ball moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and studied law. Ball clerked for Chase before being admitted to the bar. He became United States District Attorney for Southern Ohio, but in 1862 he was commissioned a captain in the Union Army and served as an aide-de-camp to Gen. John E. Wool during the Civil War. After the war Ball resumed his law practice. He died in Glendale, Ohio, at age 76. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05714
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Literary Ohio; Bookplates; Books and reading; Ball, Flamen
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)