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 65
g,having a different meaning, according to its position, oi^linarily sullieedto transmit all necessary oi-dei-s in the daytime. At night its placewas taken bv lighted beacons, ^ihese \\;\[s<. hanner-. sluiilnrds. mid iA true d<S(ii|itl<>ii nf His Mii.icst.vs lo.viil slii|), litiiU (liis… … Thi S()vcrci.t,n of tho Sras, l(!:i7, by VMnd(>vcldo. OF Ancient and Modef^n Nations. 35 l)eniiant.s, most of them embroidered with the arms of a town, a sover-eign, or an admiral, were made of light stuffs, taffeta, or satin;sometimes square, sometimes triangidar, sometimes forked, each hadits…
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