[38] Robert Morris, the great financier.
[39] Gen. John Morin Scott
[40] Probably Charles Thomson, the Secretary of Congress.
MINOR TOPICS
THE FIRST U. S. FLAG
The first Stars and Stripes were displayed at Fort Schuyler (the present Rome, N. Y.), August 5, 1777. This much every schoolboy is supposed [it is very much of a supposition, however, how many in the average High School could tell the story off-hand—Ed.] to know. What is not generally known is that this historic flag is still in existence; being in the possession of Mrs. Abram Lansing, of Albany, N. Y., a grand-daughter of Colonel Gansevoort, and who possesses also the original of the following letter:
Poughkeepsie, 29th August, 1778.
Col. Peter Gansevoort,
Fort Schuyler.
Dear Sir: