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Formalizing the United States flag as new states join the Union...
Formalizing the United States flag as new states join the Union...
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April 25, 1818
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, April 25, 1818
* Design of the United States flag
Actually a very historic issue, as an inside page has a nice article headed: "Flag of the United States" which references the recent Act of congress which provides that: "...from & after the fourth day of July next the flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white, and that the union shall be twenty stars, white in a blue field. The same act also provides that on the admission of every new state into the union, one star shall be added to the union of the flag..." with more (see).
A very historic issue standardizing how the flag would be changed with each new state. But this policy would be amended again in 1912.
This newspaper is 9 1/2 x 6 inches with 16 pages and is in nice condition.
This small size newspaper began in 1811 and was a prime source for national political news of the first half of the 19th century. As noted in Wikipedia: "Niles edited and published the Weekly Register until 1836, making it into one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States and himself into one of the most influential journalists of his day. Devoted primarily to politics, Niles' Weekly Register is considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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