At 09:18 AM 3/7/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
>Nope. Never called themselves such, never had "republic of" or
>somesuch as part of the name. They went straight from being colonies
>to being a nation creating a government.
California, of course, has "Republic" printed right on their flag.
In addition, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Kentucky are all
officially "Commonwealths" - which is the same title used by Australia, the
Bahamas, and Dominica.
JDG
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