History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 111
s of its authenticity are accredited by documents in the mu-seimi, and it is vouched for by Don Lorenzo Boturini, a learnedSpanish gentleman contemporaneous with its recovery from theTlascalan allies to whom Cortez gave it (see Idea de una nueva his-toria general de la America Septentrio7ial), and… … OF ANCIENT AND MODERN NATIONS. 83 The standard has been placed in a frame and under glass forpreservation, being much worn and faded. It is about one yardsquare, and is thus described by the authors cited: The standard isof red damask. On the front side is painted a most beautiful figureof the Most…
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