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Mark Starlin's avatar

"It had been, in fact, less than a year since the area known as Kentucke had separated itself from the old colony of Virginia."

Is "Kentucke" the spelling you intended? Or a typo of Kentucky?

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Joseph W. Knowles's avatar

That’s the intended spelling, yes. The modern spelling we know now was not standard in that time period. “Cantuckey” and “Kaintuckee” were other variations. I went with this spelling because it’s the one used in a book written in the 1780s about the discovery and settlement of the area and it’s close to the current name. But maybe it’s a little TOO close! :-)

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Mark Starlin's avatar

I figured that might be the case. But thought I would check anyway. 🙂

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