ILLUSTRATIONS.

COLORED PLATES.

I. United States National, Revenue, and Yacht Club Ensigns and

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IV. The New England Colors, 1686, 1704, and 1734; and the Flag of the "Royal Savage," 1775

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VII. Returning the Flags of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiments

VIII. Distinctive Flags of the United States Navy, 1776-1880.
IX. Signal Flags, Pennants, &c., United States Navy, 1880 .
X. American Yacht Club Flags, 1880.

Portrait of ELKANAH WATSON, engraved on steel, from a paint-
ing by Copley, and showing the first Stars and Stripes raised in
England, 1783

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