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  • Record No:30121
  • Accession No:THS 457
  • Subject/Title:Captain William Driver (1803-1886).
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1860
  • Owner/Location:TN State Library and Archives 403 7th Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37243-0312 Web Contact: Preservation - State Library
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  • Materials/Media:Photographic print
  • Notes:Credited with nicknaming American flag "Old Glory." His mother sewed the flag which he hoisted on his first ship and christened "Old Glory" (now at Smithsonian). Escorted 65 descendants of the Bounty survivors from Tahiti back to Pitcairn Island, 1831.
  • Categories:Portrait paintings; Men; Sailors; Ship captains;