You are correct that Palmyra has never been organized separately from Hawaii (or
anywhere else). There have been other examples in which less than a complete
organized Territory has been admitted as a state. In those instances, the
Congress typically organizes one or more new Territories in the remnant or
combines it with some other Territory. In the case of Palmyra, that was
probably thought unnecessary because there was no one there! They did provide
for civil administration and court jurisdiction.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
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From: "adamnvillani" <avillani@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:34 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: U.S. External Territories list
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak" <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
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>> oops
>> forgot your other question
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>> evidently palmyra became disorganized when hawaii became a state in 1959
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> Or perhaps one could say that upon statehood all of the "organization"
> of Hawaii just sort of left Palmyra behind. Palmyra was never
> organized separately from Hawaii, right? So there was never a
> disorganization of a government, just a particular organized
> government disassociating itself from Palmyra when it (the government)
> graduated to statehood.
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