State of Virginia
English
Proper noun
- (archaic, dated, deprecated) The U.S. state of Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia [from c. 1780]
- 1780, December 29, George Washington, letter to Col. Daniel Brodhead, in David Maydole Matteson (ed.), The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799, Volume 21
- The State of Virginia have determined to undertake an expedition […]
- 1780, December 29, George Washington, letter to Col. Daniel Brodhead, in David Maydole Matteson (ed.), The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799, Volume 21
References
- “State of Virginia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Commonwealth of Virginia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Virginia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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