The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-10
The Names OF the States.

Henrietta Maria, Queen of England
was at that time proprietor. A
2. New Hampshire was the name
given to the territory conveyed by thu
4 Plymouth company to Captain Johr
Mason, ,iby patent, Nov. z, 1885, with
reference to the patentee, who was al
the time Governor Of Portsmouth il
Hampshire, England. ~ S.
.. ermont was so called by the in
habitants in their declaration Of inde-
pendence, january 16, 1777, from the
French verd, green, and mont, noun
tain.l 2l1
4. Massachusetts derived its name
from tribe of Indians in the neigh
borhood of Boston. The tribe is sthought
to have derived its name from the Blue
/ Hills of Milton sI have learned. J,
says Roger Williams, ''that the Massa-
chusetts were so called from the Blue
Hills.
| 5. Rhode Island was so called in
1914, in reference to the Island of
Rhodes, IN the Mediterranean.
s. Connecticut was SO called from
the Indian name of its principal river. I
Z. New York Originally called New
| Netherlands in reference to the D1,ke
of York and Albany, to whom the ter
ritory was granted.
8. New jersey Originally called New
Swedenl was SO named in 1864, in.
compliment to Sir George Carteret,
one of its original proprietors, who had
defended the Island Of Jersey against.
the Long Parliament, during the civil
war of England.
8. Pennsylvania was SO called in
1884, after William Penn. the founder
of Philadelphia.
10, Delaware was SO called IN
17O3s from Delaware Bay on which it
lies, and which received its name from
the Lord De la War, who died in this
bay. s.
IL. Maryland was so called in honor
of Henrietta Maria, Queen. of Charles
I, in his patent to Lord Baltimore,
June 80, 1862. $50
II. Virginia was SO called in 1854,
after Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of
England.
l3 and IA. North and South Caro-
lima were SO called. by the French in.
1854, in honor of Charles TX, of France.
Is. Georgia was SO called in 1772, in
honor of George II. sz.t.s-
16. Alabama was so called in 1917,
from its principal river.
II. Mississippi was SO calledin 1917,
from its western boundary. Missis-
sippi is said to denote the whole river,
that is, the river formed by the union
Of many,
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Is. Louisiana was called in honor of
Louis XVI, of France.
10. Tennessee was, so called in 1769,
from its principal river. The word
Tennessee is said to signify curved
spoon. ..ss - /
20 Kentucky was 50 called in 1882,
from its principal river.
q. Illinois was SO called in 1903, |
from its principal river. The word is
said to signify the river of men.
%. Indiana was SO called in 1902,
from the American Indians.
%. Ohio was 50 called in 1902, from |
its southern boundary.
"a Missouri was SO called in 1921,
from IFS principal river.
rs. Michigan was SO called in 1906,
from the lake on its borders.
rs. Arkansas was SO called in 1919,
from its principal river
n. Florida was SO called by Juan
Ponce de Leon, in 1872, because it was
on Easter Sunday-in Span
ish, Pascus Florica.
%, Texas was so called by the Span
iards in 1890, who that year drove out
a colony of French, who had establish
ed themselves at Matagorda, and made
their first permanent settlement.
%. Wisconsin was so named in 1886, /
from the river Of the same name, when
a territorial government was formed.
80. Iowa was so called in 1888, after
a tribe Of Indians of the same name,
and a separate territorial government
formed.
81. California derived its name from
the gulf Of that name
30. Oregon was so called after a tribe
of Indians of that name.
A woman went into a house at Bos-
ton the other day, with an infant in her
arms, and asked leave to stay awhile,
as she was weak and tired. She alsoa
asked for something stimulating, say