. Our flag number, with 1197 flags in full colors and 300 additional illustrations in black and white. eneral Court of Massachusetts Ordered, as the court con-ceive the old English colors now used by the parliament to bea necessary badge of distinction betwixt the English and othernations in all places of the world, till the state of England alter the same, which we very muchdesire, we being of the same na-tion, have therefore ordered, thatthe captain of the castle shalladvance the aforesaid colors ofEngland upon all necessaryoccasions. Mr. Whitmore, in the NewEngland Hist, and Gen. Registerfo
. Our flag number, with 1197 flags in full colors and 300 additional illustrations in black and white. eneral Court of Massachusetts Ordered, as the court con-ceive the old English colors now used by the parliament to bea necessary badge of distinction betwixt the English and othernations in all places of the world, till the state of England alter the same, which we very muchdesire, we being of the same na-tion, have therefore ordered, thatthe captain of the castle shalladvance the aforesaid colors ofEngland upon all necessaryoccasions. Mr. Whitmore, in the NewEngland Hist, and Gen. Registerfor July, 1871, furnishes aninteresting account of a localcompany of cavalry raised in1659, just before the restorationof Charles II, the countiesof Essex, Suffolk, Middlesex,Mass., and hence called theThree County Troop, and whichaccording to the records con-tinued in existence until 1677,and possibly longer. His paperis illustrated with the annexeddrawing of the standard and abill of its cost copied from anentry in a Herald painters book of the time of Charles I, nowpreserved in theBritish 124 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE It is as follows : Worke don for New England For painting in oyle on both sides a Cornett one rich crimsondamask, with a hand and sword and invelloped with a scarfeabout the arms of gold, black and sillver [£2. o. 6.] For a plaine cornett Staffe, with belte, boote and swible at firstpenny 1. o. o For silke of crimson and sillver fring and for a Cornett String o For crimson damask 11. o £5. (Note.— The first item £ is not given but is deduced from theadding. The term ? at first penny may be the same as at first cost). The existence of this troop being clearly shown by the 1659-77, there can De no doubt the drawing representsits standard. We may imagine it was ordered from England be-fore King Philips war, and that under its folds the best soldiersof the three counties took part in the fight. Two copies fromthe drawing ag
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