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Show AN INTERESTING RELIC First American: Fins Hoisted Over a War Vossel. Washing-ton, Dec. 9. The president and secretary of tho navy had an interesting inter-esting visitor yesterday in the person of Mrs. Harriet R. P. Stafford of Cot- tage City, Mass.. a patriotic old lady who desired to present the government govern-ment the flag worn by the good old frigate Bonhomme Richard during her memorable victorious eng-agement with the British frigate Serapis, Sept. 23, 1779. Mrs. Stafford had the historical old ensign in her possession, and presented pre-sented satisfactory evidence that it was the first flag bearing the stars and stripes ever hoisted over an American vessel of war and the first that was ever saluted a foreign naval power. |