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 381
orm one large star; and on the flag made by Mrs. Reidthe stars were so placed, while for the flags of our ships of war heproposed they should be set in parallel lines. For the sake of uniformity, it will not be disputed the law of1818 should in this respect be amended. Yet when, in 1859, Con-gress… … PHIl.Al>l.LPMIA.Txint.a au tU« Vr»c ut uUr J arranging the stars in their blue firmament, the resolutions were passedwithout the desired addition. The early custom, as shown by nu-merous engravings, undoubtedly was to insert the stars in parallel rows. In the illustration, — the fac-simile of a…
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