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 254
of a signal cannona flag containing a single star and the stripes, and the word Indepen-dence, was run up by the hands of Mr. Hartwell Walker (son of Wil-liam Walker, Esq., of Portsmouth, N. H.), who took so conspicuous apart in the capture of San Antonio de Bexar. He is now the sailingmaster of… … 636 State Seals, Arms, Flags, and Colors. Meantime the steamboat Yellowstone, fourteen days from New Or-leans, crowded with volunteers, aj^peared in the offing, and came upthe river as the flag was hoisted. We counter-marched and formed aline on the beach, and, as she passed, presented arms, fired…
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