State of Virginia

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the State of Virginia

  1. (archaic, dated, deprecated) The U.S. state of Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia [from c. 1780]
    • 1780, December 29, George Washington, letter to Col. Daniel Brodhead, in David Maydole Matteson (ed.), The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799, Volume 21
      The State of Virginia have determined to undertake an expedition []

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