Origin of the Names of the States of the Union
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Bartholomew.
The name of Georgia, after King George II. , was by the terms of the charter conferred upon the territory grant- ed to the company organized by Oglethorpe in 1732.
We now come to a group of States which at the time of the Revolution were outlying districts, belonging to certain States. These districts were Maine, belonging to Massa- chusetts ; Vermont, claimed both by New York and by New Hampshire ; Kentucky, belonging to A'irginia, and Ten- O 10 States of the Union.
nessee, belong...ing to North Carolina. The origin of the names of these States will now be considered.
Maine owes its name to its being supposed to be the main or chief portion of the New England territory. The origin of the name is disclosed in an extract from the grant ~ O of Charles I. To Sir Fernando Gorges, in 1639, confirm- atory of a patent given by the Plymouth Company in 1622, which grant the grandson of Gorges, through John Usher, assigned to the Massachusetts Bay Colony " all that Parte, Purparte and Porcon of the Mayne Lande of New England aforesaid, beginning att the entrance of Pascatway Harbor" (then follows the description), "all which said Part, Pur- part or Porcon of the Mayne Lande and all and every the premises hereinbefore named wee doe for us.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Bartholomew.
The name of Georgia, after King George II. , was by the terms of the charter conferred upon the territory grant- ed to the company organized by Oglethorpe in 1732.
We now come to a group of States which at the time of the Revolution were outlying districts, belonging to certain States. These districts were Maine, belonging to Massa- chusetts ; Vermont, claimed both by New York and by New Hampshire ; Kentucky, belonging to A'irginia, and Ten- O 10 States of the Union.
nessee, belong...ing to North Carolina. The origin of the names of these States will now be considered.
Maine owes its name to its being supposed to be the main or chief portion of the New England territory. The origin of the name is disclosed in an extract from the grant ~ O of Charles I. To Sir Fernando Gorges, in 1639, confirm- atory of a patent given by the Plymouth Company in 1622, which grant the grandson of Gorges, through John Usher, assigned to the Massachusetts Bay Colony " all that Parte, Purparte and Porcon of the Mayne Lande of New England aforesaid, beginning att the entrance of Pascatway Harbor" (then follows the description), "all which said Part, Pur- part or Porcon of the Mayne Lande and all and every the premises hereinbefore named wee doe for us.
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