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 378
y, 1817, which was notacted upon. While this committeehad the matter under consideration,Mr. Wendover called upon CaptainS. C. Reid, then in Washington, andfamous for his defence of the priva-teer General Armstrong, in FayalRoads, and asked him to make adesign for our flag, which would represent… … cSc^avJ-GAul^JL 340 Origin and Progress of the Captain Eeid, thus called upon, recommended reducing the stripesto thirteen, to represent the original States, and the stars to be in-creased to the number of all the States, formed into one great star,whose brilliancy should represent their union, and…
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