Subject: correction
Date: Dec 04, 2001 @ 08:47
Author: orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., orc@o... wrote:
> actually the map in bus&ss p11 shows several overlaps but no gaps
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> so it does look like a bogus allegation from here
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> or rather only an allegation
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> but it conjures great myth
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> m
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> > Allegedly there's a small piece of Colorado(?) that was left out between
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> > the Louisiana Purchase and the various bits of ex-Mexico; the
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> > inhabitants consented to US annexation on condition that the place be an
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> > "independent kingdom" for three days each year!
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> >
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> > Of course I've long forgotten the name of the place.