[geeks] *SPAM* Re: Percentages & mail list

[hike]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:18 PM, James Fogg <James at jdfogg.com> wrote:

> > > " Pennsylvania is not the only commonwealth.
> > > " Virginia is also a commonwealth and I believe there are
> > > " other commonwealths
> > > " in the USA "state" makeup.  (The only commonwealths come
> > > " out of the original 13 colonies.)
> > >
> > > there are 4 commonwealths in the us: va, pa, ma, and iirc de.
> >
> > I believe you are both wrong ... the four US "commonwealth" states are
> > Kentucky (not one of the "Original 13"), Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
> and
> > Virginia.  I thought Rhode Island was one, too, but I looked it up
> and,
> > while the state has a weird name, "Commonwealth" isn't part of it.
>
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_%28United_States%29
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Remember Kentucky was recognized as part of Virginia at the giving of the
commonwealth status.

That's why both VA and KY claim to be the location where bourbon was
created.
It was in VA but now is in KY.