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 117
were crowded withladies wearing bonnets made of black and white Georgia cotton, deco-rated with ornaments of palmetto-trees and lone stars. In the frenzyof their misdirected patriotism, they surpassed the men. At the sign-ing the ordinance,—a ceremony declared to be profoundly grand… … The Governor was authorized to receive ambassadors, consuls, &c.,from abroad; to appoint similar officers to represent South Carolinain foreign countries, and to organize a cabinet.^ A banner of red silk was adopted. It bore a blue cross, on whichwere set fifteen stars for the fifteen…
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