Origin and history of the American flag 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 (1917)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885, Asnis, Charles Edward · Philadelphia, N. L. Brown · leaf 283
vg agreed what sort of colors I am to have made for the galleys, &c., as they arc muchwanted ; and again, Oct. 15, 1776, The commodore waS with me thismorning, and says the fleet has not any colors to hoist if they shouldbe called on duty. It is not in my powei- to get tlieni until there is… … Flag of the United States. 247 A letter datedNeVvport, Oct. 21, 1776, says, ou the authority ofa Captain A^ickery, just arrived from the West Indies: No vessel ;issuffered to wear English colors in any French port, but continentalcolors are displayed every Sunday, and much admired. ^ A letterdated…
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