Report of the select committee appointed on the 12th ult. to inquire into the expediency of altering the flag of the United States. January 2, 1817. Read, and ordered to be printed.
[Washington D.C.]: [Printed by William A. Davis], 1817. 3 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Number 23 in brackets at the top. The committee proposed the current version of the American flag, recommending "to reduce the stripes to the original thirteen ... and to increase the stars to correspond with the..... More