 | John Timbs - 1857 - 266 pages
...Bull has for England. — Dictionary of Americanisms, by JR Bartlett, 1842. " THE STARS AND STRIPES." thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The combination is thought to have been derived from the arms of General Washington, which contains three... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 572 pages
...words : " Resolved, — That the flag of the thirteen United Colonies be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." It has been thought that the arms of Washington may have suggested the idea for the American flag.... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 578 pages
...words : " Resolred, — That the flag of the thirteen United Colonies be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue ficld, representing a new constellation." It has been thought that the arms of Washington may have... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1860 - 896 pages
...paper, published in 1776. On the 14th June, in the succeeding year, the American Congress resolved, "that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, white, on a blue field — representing ' a new constellation.'" A new "star-spangled banner" made its appearance... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 pages
...1777. On the 14th of June that year, Congress " resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States bo thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Since then we have added a star for every new state. 4 Tradition assorts that, while the Americans... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 pages
...Congress, June 13, 1777, "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." There is a striking coincidence between the design of our flag and the arms of General Washington,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1860 - 576 pages
...Ledger, October 29. " Upoott, v. 85. ' Same, v. 87. be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; and that the union be thirteen stars white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. 1 JUNE 17.—A MEMORIAL was lately transmitted from England to Sir Joseph York, at the Hague, to be... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1860 - 572 pages
...day resolved that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; and that the union be thirteen stars white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.1 JUNE 17. — A MEMORIAL was lately transmitted from England to Sir Joseph York, at... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1860 - 570 pages
...words : "Resolved, — That the flag of the thirteen United Colonies be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blne field, representing a new constellation." It has been thonght that the arms of Washington may... | |
 | 1862 - 582 pages
...used by Admiral Saunders at Quebec in 1759. On the 14th of June, 1777, it was resolved by Congress " That the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." This resolution was not made public until the following September. Relative to the early New England... | |
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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. 
