Diary of an American Seamstress By: Betsy Ross Post Feedback | Printer Friendly Format [STRAIGHT] [TESTICLES] That fateful meeting led to more than the first flag. Newest Files August 3, 1776 Mr. Washington came to me today with a proposition. So pleased is he with my work on the flag, he has offered me a periodic commission on his plantation. Apparently, there are times when male slaves become unruly or are deemed unfit to breed, and Mr. Washington wishes them to be castrated like the common an...