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 700
ctof a navy, forbade merchant ships or privateers wearing this symbol of rank and authority when in the pres-ence of a vessel of war. The first commander-in-chief of theAmerican navy. Commodore Esek Hop-kins, wore for his standard a squareyellow silk flag, blazoned with a livelyrepresentation of a… … Flag of the Naval Commander-in-chief,1776. 1 When Aan Tromp, the Dutch admiral, hoisted a broom at his masthead, to indi-cate his intention to sweep the English from the sea, the English admiral hoisted a horse-whip, indicating his intention to chastise the insolent Dutchman, Ever since that…
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