History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire

by Barlow Cumberland

[97] P. Schenk, Amsterdam, 1711. See p. 227.

[98] New York Colonial manuscripts, Vol. V., p. 137.

[99] Practically our present Nova Scotia.

[100] Bourinot: "Island of Cape Breton."

[101] Graham's Journal, published by the Society of the Colonial Wars, in New York.

[102] When, in the Spanish-American war of 1899, the forces of the United States placed the American ensign, containing the thirteen stripes of the old colonies, above the flag of Spain, in Cuba, Great Britain stood by the descendants of her men of 1762 and kept the field clear from interference by other nations.

[103] Letter to Lord Barrington, Secretary of War, April 12, 1775.

[104] Address of the General Congress of the Colonies in America to the King, September 1, 1775.

[105] New England Chronicle, July 6, 1775.

[106] "Washington Letters," Vol. I., p. 84.