<Li> On May 29, 1777, Betsy Ross was paid a large sum of money from the Pennsylvania State Navy Board for making flags . </Li> <Li> Morris was on the Marine Committee at the time the flag vote was taken as part of Marine Committee business . </Li> <Li> Rachel Fletcher, Betsy Ross's daughter, gave an affidavit to the Betsy Ross story . </Li> <Li> A painting which might be dated 1851 by Ellie Wheeler, allegedly the daughter of Thomas Sully, shows Betsy Ross sewing the flag . If the painting is authentic and the date correct, the story was known nearly 20 years before Canby's presentation to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania . </Li>

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