[3] Sumner.
[4] The colours carried by the Royal French regiments are described by Capt. Knox to have been: "A white silk flag with three fleur-de-lis within a wreath or circlet in the centre part of gold." ("The Fall of New France"—Hart.)
[5] Thiers: "History of the French Revolution," Vol. I., p. 74.
[6] Decree of Feb. 15, 1794.
[7] Defence of Quebec, 1775.
[8] Benjamin Suite: "Le Drapeau Tri-colore en Canada."
[9] Preble: "History of the Flag of the United States," p. 85.
[10] The Annual Register, 1843, Vol. 85.
[11] Bird: "Six Months among the Sandwich Islands," 1875.
[12] Harleian MSS.