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" that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. "
Hail Columbia, the Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy - Page 79
by William Thomas Roberts Saffell - 1864 - 123 pages
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the ..., Volume 2

William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 478 pages
...changeable, to all the damages and ill consequences resulting from it."* (June 14.] Congress" icsolved, That the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." [June 20.] " Resolved, That a corps or invalids be formed, consisting of eight companies, each conipany...
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the ..., Volume 2

William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 478 pages
...chargeable, to all the damages and ill consequences resulting from, it."* ' (June 14.] Congress " resolved, That the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." [June 20.] " Resolved, That a corps ofinvalids be formed, consisting of eight companies, cachcocApany...
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Journals of the American Congress from 1774-1788

United States. Continental Congress - United States - 1823 - 696 pages
...Delaware, as they think proper, in case the enemy succeed in their attempts on the said river. Unsolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. The council of Massachusetts-Bay having represented by letter to the president of Congress, that captain...
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A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783 ...

James Thacher - United States - 1823 - 686 pages
...condition as prisoners of war. It appears by the papers, that Congress resolved, on the 14th of June last, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. His Excellency General Washington, at his quarters in the Jerseys, has published a manifesto in answer...
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Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones: A Captain in the Navy ...

John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 400 pages
...PHILIP LIVINGSTON, BENJAMIN HARRISON, A. MIDDLETON, NICHOLAS VAN-DYKE, GEORGE WALTON. 37 Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States, be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Resolved, That Captain John Paul Jones be appointed to command the ship Ranger. Resolved, That William...
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Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones: A Captain in the Navy ...

John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 374 pages
...probably the first ship that bore the national flag to Europe. IN CONGRESS, June 14th, 1777. Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States, be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Resolved, That Captain John Paul Jones be appointed to command the ship Ranger. Resolved, That William...
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Military Laws of the United States: To which is Prefixed the Constitution of ...

United States, Trueman Cross - Military law - 1825 - 326 pages
...Congress the 14th daj of April last, notwithstanding. CHAPTER V. In Congress — June 14, 1777. Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States, be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation.* CHAPTER VI. In Congress — June 1 8, 1 777. mamii Resolved, That a general officer commanding a sepamcm^STact...
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A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War: From 1775 to 1783

James Thacher - American War of Independence, 1775-1783 - 1827 - 494 pages
...condition as prisoners of war. It appears by the papers, that Congress resolved, on the 14th of June last, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. His Excellency General Washington, at his quarters in the Jerseys, has published a manifesto in answer...
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The Annals of America: From the Discovery by Columbus in the Year ..., Volume 2

Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 606 pages
...of the United States ; " which being done," they were to " become conclusive." J Congress resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Congress elected five major generals : lord Stirling, Thomas Mifflin, Arthur St. Clair, Adam Stephen,...
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Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones: Including His Narrative of the ...

John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 578 pages
...of letters from him. On the 14th June, Congress resolved, "that the flag of the United States should be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." By another resolution, passed the same day, Jones was appointed to command the ship Ranger; on board...
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