History of the national flag of the United States of America
Schuyler Hamilton's 1852 history of the American flag, published in Philadelphia by Lippincott, Grambo and Co. for antiquarians and patriotic readers. Color plates chart flags in numbered sequence — English crosses, the Union Jack and red ensign, ringed and scattered star fields, a lyre-and-urn canton — plus a vermilion War Office seal, offering flat red, navy and cream stripe patterns and heraldic shields.
