Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . THE CFLFEPER THE NATIONAL FLAG. 11, 1777, the first battle after its adop-tion. It flrst appeared over a foreign strong-hold, June 28, 1778, when Captain Rath-bone, of the American sloop-of-war Provi- Indian seas in the Enterprise (an Albany-built vessel), Capt. Stewart Dean, in Vermont and Kentucky were addedto the union of States the flag was an act of Congress (Jan. 13, 1794) the dence, with his crew and some escaped number of the stripes and stars
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . THE CFLFEPER THE NATIONAL FLAG. 11, 1777, the first battle after its adop-tion. It flrst appeared over a foreign strong-hold, June 28, 1778, when Captain Rath-bone, of the American sloop-of-war Provi- Indian seas in the Enterprise (an Albany-built vessel), Capt. Stewart Dean, in Vermont and Kentucky were addedto the union of States the flag was an act of Congress (Jan. 13, 1794) the dence, with his crew and some escaped number of the stripes and stars in the prisoners, captured Fort Nassau, New flag was increased from thirteen to fifteen. Providence, Bahama Islands. The captors The act went into effect May 1, 1795. were menaced by the people, when the From that time until 1818, when there stars and stripes were nailed to the flag- were twenty States, the number of the staff in deflance. John Singleton Copley, stars and stripes remained the same. A the American-born painter, in London, committee appointed to revise the stand- 383 FLAGG—FLETCHEB ard invited Capt. Samuel C. Re
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