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"Standard"
to Governor Henry A. Wise, n.d. [ca. December 1859].
Gov. Wise
Hon Sir
As Virginia has received from her Sister State
Pennsylvania a peace offering flag, it is no more than fair that another
sister should be presented in her peculiar way, please therefore accept
the accompanying appropriate design.
The flag pictured here is the "New England
Black Republican, Abolition Rule or Ruin, Disunion Flag" destined
to take the place of the present Glorious Eagle, Stars & Stripes
Flag of this Great Republic and that no mistake may occur as to the
Emblems a description is added.
In lieu of the usual spear on the head of the flag
& staff (which is in form of a cross) a Gallows with a John Brown
embelishment is substituted. A wooden Ham & 32 wooden Nutmegs on a
Blood red field take the place of the Eagle and stars. The
ballance of the flag being black is quite suggestive of the general
intention of the Party of which this is the
Standard
Governor's Office, Letters Received, Henry A.
Wise, Record Group 3, Library of Virginia.
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