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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 59

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ed from her masthead. In some instances, the banners of shipswere consecrated. Baldwin, Earl of Flanders (1204) had one, andWilliam the Conqueror, when he invaded England (100(1), hoisted atthe masthead of the ^fora, the ship that conveyed him to its shores, ^ Le Croixs Military and Religious Life… … Tiu Moi-M, IKUG. crated by Pope Alexander II.expressly for the occasion.Her name, the Mira, or Mora,is supposed to mean Man-sion. She was presented tothe Conqueror by his duch-o-s as a parting gift. A pic-ture of her, from which ourillustration is drawn, is pre-served on the Bayeux tapestry.Her…

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