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" Jack" is the union or blue field of the flag. The Revenue Marine Service flag, authorized by Act of Congress, March 2, 1799, was originally prescribed to "consist of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing... "
Annual Report of the United States Coast Guard - Page 57
by United States. Coast Guard - 1915
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The National Calendar: And Annals of the United States, Volume 13

Peter Force - United States - 1835 - 404 pages
...thus— " An isign and pennant consisting of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate reel and white, f union of the ensign to be the arms of the United States, in dark blue on a white field. Thv hetia* established far the s«nkc, wiH be impressed with the shield of the Treasury anas, saraioeatrd...
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A Synopsis of the Commercial and Revenue System of the United States: As ...

Robert Mayo - Commercial law - 1847 - 538 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States, in dark blue on a white field. The cruising ground of the Revenue vessels will be designated from time to time by the Department under...
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A Synopsis of the Commercial and Revenue System of the United ..., Volume 1

Robert Mayo - Commercial law - 1847 - 486 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States, in dark blue on a white field. The cruising ground of the Revenue vessels will be designated from time to time by the Department under...
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Allowances Established for Vessels of the United States Revenue Marine, 1871

United States. Dept. of the Treasury - 1871 - 132 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union x>f the ensign bearing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field. 202. Forms of the muster and pay rolls, requisitions for rations and ship chandlery, &c., are attached....
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Our Flag: Origin and Progress of the Flag of the United States of America ...

George Henry Preble - Flags - 1872 - 578 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field "(see plate I.) The stripes represent the number of states admitted to the union at the date when the...
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History of the Flag of the United States of America: And of the Naval and ...

George Henry Preble - Flags - 1880 - 928 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field." (See Plate I.) The stripes represent the number of States admitted to the union when the flag was adopted,...
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Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 3

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1886 - 836 pages
...ensign should consist of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, and the union bear the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field. The stripes represent the number of States in the Union, when this flag was prescribed, and the ensign...
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Military Essays and Recollections: Papers Read Before the Commandery of the ...

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Illinois - United States - 1899 - 508 pages
...consist of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States ; in dark blue on a white field." The sixteen stripes represented the number of states then in the Union, and the ensign has since undergone...
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Dictionary of United States History: 1492-1895. Four Centuries of History

John Franklin Jameson - United States - 1894 - 794 pages
...consist of " sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the Union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field." Revenue Scheme, a scheme proposed by the Continental Congress, in order to enable it to meet its money...
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The American Nation: Its Executive, Legislative, Political ..., Volume 4

James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1895 - 686 pages
...consisted of sixteen perpendicular stripes alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United states in dark blue on a white field ; there has been no change since. 17. The American vaeht ensign is like the National ensign, excepting...
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