 | William Gordon - 1801 - 478 Seiten
...on whom it is chargeable, to all the damages and ill consequences resulting from, it."* ' (June 14.] Congress " resolved, That the flag of the Thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." [June 20.] " Resolved, That a corps ofinvalids be formed, consisting of eight companies, cachcocApany... | |
 | William Gordon - 1801 - 478 Seiten
...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... | |
 | W. D. Cooper - 1818 - 314 Seiten
...abandoning Burgoyne equally excited the astonishment of friends and enemies. On the 14th of June, the Congress resolved, that the flag of the Thirteen United...alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen start, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. It was not till the third of September... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - 1823 - 696 Seiten
...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...blue field, representing a new constellation. The council of Massachusetts-Bay having represented by letter to the president of Congress, that captain... | |
 | James Thacher - 1823 - 686 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1825 - 374 Seiten
...Ranger was 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,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Resolved, That Captain John Paul Jones be appointed to command the ship Ranger. Resolved, That William... | |
 | United States, Trueman Cross - 1825 - 326 Seiten
...in Congress the 14th daj of April last, notwithstanding. CHAPTER V. In Congress — June 14, 1777. Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States,...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... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1825 - 400 Seiten
...ROBERT MORRIS, PHILIP LIVINGSTON, BENJAMIN HARRISON, A. MIDDLETON, NICHOLAS VAN-DYKE, GEORGE WALTON. 37 Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Resolved, That Captain John Paul Jones be appointed to command the ship Ranger. Resolved, That William... | |
 | James Thacher - 1827 - 494 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1829 - 650 Seiten
...them in the congress of the United States ; " which being done," they were to " become conclusive." l Congress resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Congress elected five major generals : lord Stirling, Thomas MifHin, Arthur St. Clair, Adam Stephen,... | |
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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. 
