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OF HISS L. C. OtTO, OS PRESENTING THE • FLAG TO TIIE HOME GUARDS OF FARMERS' valley, ji'se 8,1861. 'Gentlemen of the Home Guard;—In behalf'of'the' Ladies of Fflrmer’a Valley, I present this Flag—our National emblem. Knowing your patriotic feelings, love ’ for the;. Union and the institutions Of your fore.fathers, we offer it—trusting that the samesentiments which actuated our fathers, whose ; hands first gave the Stars and j Stripes to thebrccza, will everVreciain the] governing principle of yortr that itmay never be cjisbonored, d isgraced nor abandoned by you, but protected and cherished as the emblem of i* Ljnertv and | Peace to all who miiy enlist Under itsfolds. And mav the God-of,Heavens fen-]. V * »• / • . .. '*-• • • • •able and ennoble this, company, formed Wmong the hills of M’Kean county, to pcr-:J form the part allotted them, in such a way.v ^ ’ 1*. * 'V • *, I' 1 *' ,t * . I • ^that they may become an honor to themselves, their country, and to the Mag .we have given them- ; ’ ;• ‘ •.
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Smethport M Kean Miner
Smethport, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Jun 18, 1861
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Robin D.
OH, USA 25 Feb 2018
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