Newburyport, patrol, of, 15.
New England, alliance of the folk of, 9-10; 18.
New Englanders, 10;
set off to capture Louisburg, 12.
"New England Flag," the, 21.
New Hampshire, 15, 43.
New Haven, peace rejoicing in, 54.
New Mexico, admitted to the Union, 66.
New World, 2, 58.
New York, founded by the Dutch, 2;
flag of, 15;
arrival of stamps at, 16;
liberty pole in, 17-18;
hoists flag with beaver device, 22; 27; 31;
State of, 48;
Sir Guy Carleton delayed in, 53; 64; 72.
_New York Sun_, 82.
North Pole, discovered by Admiral Peary, 83.
Ohio, admitted to the Union, 63.
"Old Glory," origin of the name and story of, 68-69;
in three wars, 70.
"Old Ironsides," frigate, poem by Holmes, 57.
"Old Thirteen," 2.
Oliver, hanged in effigy in Boston, 15-16.
Oscar, king of Sweden, 81.
Page family, as color bearers, 20.
Paine, Thomas, poem of on the "Liberty Tree," 31.
Pearson, Captain, yields to John Paul Jones, 45.
Peary, Admiral Robert E., carries the flag to the North Pole, 82-83.
Pennsylvania, 32, 50, 55.
_Pennsylvania Gazette_, 19.
_Pennsylvania Journal_, 25.
Perry, Commodore M. C., carries the letter of President Fillmore to
Japan, 77-79.
Philadelphia, 18, 37, 39, 40, 55.
Philadelphia Light Horse Troop, escorts Washington to New York, 27;
flag of the, 27-28, 33.
Phœnix, 74.
Pike, Lieut. Z. M., and the Indians, 59.
Pilgrims, 34.
Pine tree, on flag, 10, 11, 21, 35;
used on the Delaware River, 35.
"Pine-Tree Shillings, The," Hawthorne's story of, 11.
Pope's Creek, birthplace of Washington, 61.
Portsmouth, banner in, 15;
the "quilting party" flag, 43-47.
Poughkeepsie, 49.
Prospect Hill, 29;
flag raised on, 34.
Pulaski, Count, the banner of, 49-50.
Puritans, troubled by the cross in the flag, 4-7.
Putnam, Major-General Israel, 29;
flag presented to, by John Hancock, 30.
Quaker City, the, 27.
Ranger, command of, given to Jones, 43;
the flag of, and its salute, 43-45.
Rattlesnake, on flag of Charleston, 22;
a favorite emblem, 24-26; 35;
on flag of the Alfred, 37.
Reid, Captain, S. C., designs the flag with stars arranged in one
star, 65.
Revere, Paul, 20.
Revolutionary War, 21.
Rhode Island, hoists a flag with the anchor device, 22.
Roman Catholic Church, the cross regarded as the badge of the, 4.
Rome, 48.
Ross, Betsy, makes the first flag with stars and stripes, 40-42.
Ross, Mrs. Elizabeth Griscom, 40, 48.
_See_ Betsy Ross.
Ross, Colonel, 40, 42.
"Rough Riders," 74.
St. Andrew, the cross of, 3, 18, 33.
St. George's Cross, united with the cross of St. Andrew, 3;
cut out of the flag by Endicott, 4-5;
in the flag sent by James II to New England, in the pine-tree
flag, 10; 18; 21; 32; 34.
St. Paul, Cathedral of, 84.
Salem, cross cut from the flag in, 4-5, 8, 68.
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