Subject: Re: U.S. External Territories list
Date: Apr 12, 2005 @ 12:50
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Meynell <knm@m...> wrote:
> Lowell,
>
> >In the Hawaii Statehood Act of March 18, 1959, the Congress specifically
> >excluded Palmyra from the new state
>
> What was the reason for separating Palmyra from Hawaii at the time of
> statehood? Furthermore, assuming that the whole of Hawaii was previously an
> incorporated organised territory of the US, presumably Palmyra must have
> become 'disorganised' at some point?
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin Meynell