File:Bucks of America Flag.jpg

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This flag was probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, and was presented to a local militia company known as the “Bucks of America” sometime around the close of the American Revolution.

Paint on silk (flag), circa 1785-1786

91 cm x 122 cm
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Massachusetts Historical Society Collection

https://www.masshist.org/endofslavery/index.php?id=56
Author Massachusetts Governor John George Washington Hancock and citizens of Boston

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2016-11-28 02:55:07 374× 250× Chitt66 Massachusetts Historical Society Collection https://www.masshist.org/endofslavery/index.php?id=56 This flag was probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, and was presented to a local militia company known as the “Bucks of America” sometime around t...

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