 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 478 pages
...damages and ill consequences resulting from, it."* ' (June 14.] Congress " resolved, That the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen stripes,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." [June 20.] " Resolved, That a corps ofinvalids be formed, consisting of eight companies, cachcocApany... | |
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 478 pages
...the damages and ill consequences resulting from it."* (June 14.] Congress" icsolved, That the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen stripes,...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 - Greece - 1818 - 314 pages
...the astonishment of friends and enemies. On the 14th of June, the Congress resolved, that the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen stripes,...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 - United States - 1823 - 696 pages
...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 stripes,...blue field, representing a new constellation. The council of Massachusetts-Bay having represented by letter to the president of Congress, that captain... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 374 pages
...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 stripes,...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 - Military law - 1825 - 326 pages
...daj of April last, notwithstanding. CHAPTER V. In Congress — June 14, 1777. Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States, be thirteen stripes,...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 - United States - 1825 - 400 pages
...LIVINGSTON, BENJAMIN HARRISON, A. MIDDLETON, NICHOLAS VAN-DYKE, GEORGE WALTON. 37 Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States, be thirteen stripes,...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 - American War of Independence, 1775-1783 - 1827 - 494 pages
...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 stripes,...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 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... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1831 - 586 pages
...Congress. By order, CHARLES THOMPSON, Secretary. In Congress, June 14M, 1777. Resolved, That the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen stripes,...white — that the Union be thirteen Stars, white ona blue field representing a new constitution. OCTOHIH, 6th, 1777. .!/,• .vr*. Benjamin Franklin,... | |
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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. 
