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Flag rec'd in previous year

[[preprinted]]SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.
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MEMORANDUM.[[/preprinted]]

7.- 
The garrison flag of Fort Moultrie Charleston Harbor South Carolina 
which was lowered on Dec 26' 1860, when Major Robt. Anderson, 1st U.S. Artillery, with his command evacuated Fort Moultrie, and occupied Fort Sumter.  It was secured by his second [[strikethrough]]Lieutenant[[/strikethrough]] in Command, Capt Abner Doubleday, and in his possession since 1860, is now presented to the S.I by Mrs. Abner Doubleday."
[[in different ink]] [[strikethrough]] & [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] also [[/insertion]] sword worn by [[strikethrough]] him during [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] Genl Doubleday [[/insertion]] during the War of the Revolution. [[/in different ink]]

[[strikethrough]] 228 N.Y. Ave S.E
232 N.Y. Ave [[?]] [[/strikethrough]]

Transcription Notes:
Notes below section 7 are in a strikethrough and seem to refer to N.Y. ??