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Sir Charles Fawcett Redux: The Historical Connection between the East India Company Flag and the American Continental Colors
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- Ansoff, Peter (Author)
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Sir Charles Fawcett Redux: The Historical Connection between the East India Company Flag and the American Continental Colors
Abstract
An article entitled “The Striped Flag of the East India Company, and its Connexion [sic] with the American ‘Stars and Stripes’ ”, by Sir Charles Fawcett, was published in the British journal The Mariner’s Mirror in 1937. This article stated that “. . . the assertion that the Grand Union Flag [i.e., the Continental Colors] was copied from the East India Company’s flag has prima facie probability.” However, a careful reading reveals that it does not present any credible evidence of a relationship between the two flags, and, arguably, supports the opposite conclusion. Also, many of its references to the history and historiography of early American flags have become outdated since the article was written. This paper summarizes current scholarship concerning the origins of the Continental Colors, and re-evaluates Fawcett’s evidence and conclusions. Two appendices address issues related to the history and historiography of the Continental Colors.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Vexillology, Washington, D.C., USA 1–5 August 2011
Conference Name
24th International Congress of Vexillology
Publisher
North American Vexillological Association (NAVA)
Place
Trenton, NJ, USA
Date
2011
Event Place
Washington, D.C., USA
Pages
6-26
Series
ICV Proceedings
Series Number
ICV 24
ISBN
978-0-9747728-4-4
Archive
NAVA Digital Library
Language
[eng] English
Library Catalog
NAVA Publications Index (NPI) // International Vexillological Index (IVI)
License
open access
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[IVI.CID] 70d7799b-57c7-4e99-9d5e-f5423e9426a3
Citation
Ansoff, Peter. 2011. “Sir Charles Fawcett Redux: The Historical Connection between the East India Company Flag and the American Continental Colors.” Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Vexillology, Washington, D.C., USA 1–5 August 2011, ICV Proceedings, 6–26. NAVA Digital Library. https://www.nava.org/digital-library/icv24ansoff.pdf.
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