[51] American Archives, 4th series, vol. iv. p. 1179.

[52] American Archives, 4th series, vol. iv. p. 965.

[53] Ibid. vol. v. p. 823.

[54] American Archives, 4th series, vol. ii. p. 1582.

[55] American Archives, 4th series, vol. ii. p. 1662.

[56] American Archives, 4th series, vol. ii. p. 1738.

[57] American Archives, 4th series, vol. v. p. 568. South Carolina Provincial Congress.

[58] Franklin's Works, vol. iii. p. 25.

[59] Frothingham's Siege of Boston.

[60] "As the pales or pallets consist of an uneven number, they ought in strictness to be blazoned—Argt. 6 pallets gules; but as the thirteen pieces allude to the thirteen States, they are blazoned according to the number of pieces paleways."