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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 297

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