[41] T. Westcott, Notes and Queries. Literary World, Oct. 2, 1852.
[42] American Archives, 4th series, vol. iv. p. 467.
[43] Siege of Boston, p. 283.
[44] American Archives, 4th series, vol. iv. p. 711.
[45] British Annual Register, 1776, p. 147.
[46] King's Regulations for the British Army, Colors, &c.
[47] American Archives, 4th series, vol. v. p. 423.
[48] From this, we may justly conclude that the Committee of Conference, composed of Dr. Franklin, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Harrison, had the subject of the flag under consideration, and that the flag prepared under their supervision was the one displayed as the flag of the United Colonies, on the day the army organized by them, General Washington, &c., went into being.
[49] Siege of Boston, p. 261.
[50] Mass. Historical Collections, 2d series, vol. ii. p. 228.