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 280
tof a navy, forbade merchant ships or privateers wearing this symbol of rank and authority when in the pres-ence of a vessel of war. The first commander-in-chief of theAmerican navy. Commodore Esek Hop-kins, wore for his standard a squareyellow silk flag, blazoned with a livelyrepr.esentation of a… … Flag of the Naval Commander-in-chief,177& 1 When V.an Tromp, the Dutch admiral hoisted a broom at his masthead, toindicate his intention to sweep the English from the sea, the English admiralhoisted a horse-wMp, indicating his intention to chastise the insolent Dutchman.Ever since that time,…
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