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 378
get to the anvil. I received the flag from Mr. Jarvis, and would havepresented him my thanks for his polite attention to my request, but I amso oppressed with letter writing that I have no time to take exercise, andbut little to sleep. Please present my thanks to Mr. Jarvis for his kindnessto me… … A Design for a National Standard. His letter refers to a design for a national standard, which, however,was not adopted, composed of the emblematic representations of our escutcheon quartered upon it: viz., thestars, white on a blue field on the up-per left-hand quarter; the Goddess ofLiberty on a…
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