Talk:List of capitals in the United States

message: In the map showing "States (highlighted in blue) that have changed their capital city at least once," Maryland should also be highlighted in blue.  Saint Mary’s City was Maryland’s first capital, and remained the capital until 1695, when it was succeeded by Annapolis.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blueheron14 (talk • contribs) 22:25, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maryland, too 

message: Brookeville, MD was the Nations Capitol on August 26, 1814 as President James Madison sought refuge there as he fled the British sacking of Washington, DC during the War of 1812.   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookeville,_Maryland 2601:282:4002:2B70:2C42:9F0B:9980:C5B0 (talk) 01:00, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: When they say that Gilroy, California, is "The Garlic Capital of the World", it isn't actually the capital of anything. Unless the designation of Brookeville as the nation's capital that day was enacted by law, replacing the legal designation of the District of Columbia in the Residence Act of 1790 as the "seat of government", it's just a metaphor that became a motto. Largoplazo (talk) 02:15, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brookville, MD Nations Capitol on August 26, 1814 

message: The redirect Capital of the United States has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  TartarTorte 16:29, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Capital of the United States]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: I am confused at the listing of Fort Amsterdam as a former Capital of Connecticut. While it is true that the Dutch Colony of Nieuw-Nederland claimed the entirety of Connecticut, this is also true for most of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont which do not list Fort Amsterdam as a capital. It seems peculiar to make such a connection when there were no permanent settlements, as compared to their territory along the Hudson River (their House of Hope (fort) being their only real presence in Connecticut from what we know). Furthermore, the Connecticut Colony existed concurrently, separately and in conflict with Dutch territorial claims - the listing somewhat implies that Niew-Nederland is a predecessor state to the modern State of Connecticut which would be a rather large stretch. Also, looking at this from the perspective of former French, Spanish and other Dutch territories (such as New York) where there was a transfer of land and government among other provisions, the Treaty of Hartford (1650) was more so an agreement of existing conditions, those being that the English settlers had control of the land in modern day Connecticut (west of the river). Listing Fort Amsterdam as a capital seems somewhat arbitrary as they never exerted control over Connecticut and if you are including Fort Amsterdam for merely claiming territory, what is the threshold for this page? Should the various predecessor governments of New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts be listed for the various land that was formerly theirs but eventually ceded to Connecticut (or vice-versa for Connecticut lands ceded to those states)? By the same token, should Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey list Hartford/New Haven in their former capitals as they claimed and settled parts of them? In short, I think that the Dutch presence in Connecticut is better left to individual articles on the topic, rather than on this list.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anti-Shrog (talk • contribs) 19:57, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fort Amsterdam (NY) as Capital of Connecticut, Threshold for Former Capitals