History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . .. 1868 14. Brooklyn .. 1857 15. Seawanhaka .- 1871 16. Central .. 1874 17. Rockaway .. 1874 18. New Jersey 19. Stapleton .. 20. South 21. American Model . 22. Madison, Wis .. 1870 23. Lynn .. 1870 24. Dorchester .. 1870 25. Long Island 26. .- 1874 27. Genessee .. 1874 28. Oshkosh, Wis .. 1870 In


History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . .. 1868 14. Brooklyn .. 1857 15. Seawanhaka .- 1871 16. Central .. 1874 17. Rockaway .. 1874 18. New Jersey 19. Stapleton .. 20. South 21. American Model . 22. Madison, Wis .. 1870 23. Lynn .. 1870 24. Dorchester .. 1870 25. Long Island 26. .- 1874 27. Genessee .. 1874 28. Oshkosh, Wis .. 1870 Incor. 1871 1868186518681875 1866 1864 1871 Organized. Incor. 29. Union, N. J. ... .. 30. Otego 31. St. 32. Poughkeepsie Ice .. 33. Beverley .. 1872 34. Bunker HiU .. 1869 35. Manhattan 1870 36. Hoboken . 1856 1868 37. Neenah .. 1874 38. Long Island .. 1872 39. New Brunswick. 1875 40. Oceanic . 41. International . 1874 42. N. Hamburg Ice . 1869 43. Haverhill . 1874 44. Royal Sail 45. Williamsburg . 1870 1871 46. Harlem 47. Riverside . 48. Atlantic . 1846 1846 49. Copenhagen . 50. Royal Canadian . - 51. Royal 52. Royal Bermuda . - 53. Warwick - 54. Prospect Park Model 55. Long Island Model 714 NATIONAL AM) rATMHiTTr NATIONAL AND PATRIOTIC SONGS. 715 IsTATIONAL AND PATRIOTIC SONGS. I knew a very wise mau, who believed that if a man were permitted to makeaU the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws, of a nation. —Andrew Fletcher. HAIL COLUMBIA. BY JOSEPH HOPKINSON. The author of this lyric was the Hon. Joseph Hopkinson, ,a son of Francis Hopkinson. He was Vice-President of the AmericanPhilosophical Society, and President of the Pennsylvania Academy ofPine Arts, &c. He died at Philadelphia, Jan. 15, 1842, aged seventy-two years. In a letter addressed to the Eev. Eufus W. Griswold, afew months before his death, he wrote : — Hail Columbia was written in the summer of 1798, when war withFrance was thought to be inevitable. Congress w


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