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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 14 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 12 2 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 3 1 Browse Search
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 3 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 3 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 2 0 Browse Search
John James Geer, Beyond the lines: A Yankee prisoner loose in Dixie 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Citizens' State-rights ticket.-- Peachy R. Grattan, P. H. Aylett, Geo. W. Randolph. (search)
at the colonial flag was blue, with a white crescent, and it seemed to him that the addition of a white palmetto tree made a very simple and beautiful flag. This flag had been adopted by the House Committee. The other flag had been agreed upon by the Senate Committee, and was finally acquiesced in by the Committee on the part of the House. It appeared to him, also, as a matter of taste, that blue and green did not harmonize, and he did not think green was a hearty or durable color. Mr. Coffin said he rose to advocate the adoption of the resolutions of his colleague from Charleston, (Mr. Rhett.) Blue was much more durable than white, which was very liable to be soiled. In regard to the views expressed by his highly respected colleague from Prince George, (Mr. Weston,) that the white was emblematic of the present revolution, inasmuch as it was a bloodless victory, he trusted and prayed to God such might be the case; but, he asked, who was sure such would be the result? Certainl