or, at least, will proceed in it till the matter shall be
put into better hands.

I am, dear Sir, your friend and servant,
Th: JEFFERSON.

No. 2. (p. 008)
PLATE II.

_October 17, 1777._

Horatio Gates duci strenuo Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Salus
regionum septentrional.

MAJOR-GENERAL HORATIO GATES.

[_Surrender of the British Army at Saratoga._]

HORATIO GATES DUCI STRENUO COMITIA AMERICANA. (_The American Congress
to Horatio Gates, a valiant general._) Bust of General Gates, in
uniform, facing the left. N. GATTEAUX.

SALUS REGIONUM SEPTENTRIONAL. (_Salus regionum septentrionalium: The
safety of the northern regions._) Lieutenant-General Burgoyne is
surrendering his sword to General Gates. In the background, on the
left, the vanquished troops of Great Britain are grounding their arms
and standards. On the right is the victorious American army, in order
of battle, with colors flying.[29] Exergue: HOSTE AD SARATOGAM IN
DEDITION. (_deditionem_) ACCEPTO DIE XVII. OCT. (_Octobris_)
MDCCLXXVII. (_The enemy surrendered at Saratoga, on the 17th of
October, 1777._) On the platform, GATTEAUX, F. (_fecit_).[30]

[Footnote 29: The "stars and stripes." Congress
passed, June 14, 1777, the following resolution:

_Resolved_, That the flag of the thirteen United
States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and
white; that the union be thirteen stars, white on a
blue field, representing a new constellation.

And it was to this new American flag that General
Burgoyne surrendered.

Congress changed the flag by the following act,
which was approved January 13, 1794:

_Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of
Representatives of the United States in Congress
assembled_, That from and after the first day of
May, anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-five, the flag of the United States be
fifteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the
union be fifteen stars, white on a blue field.

Congress made a second change by an act approved