コモンウェルス (米国州)
↑ Third Constitution of Kentucky (1850), Article 2, Section 1 ff. ただし、この州憲法の他の箇所では「State of Kentucky」と記されている。
↑ Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Preamble.
↑ Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Preamble.
↑ Constitution of Virginia (1971), Article IV, Section 1.(参考:バージニア憲法#第4条 - 立法府)
↑ コロンビア百科事典の「commonwealth」の項目を参照。Encyclopedia.com commonwealth
↑ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000.
↑ Kentucky as a Commonwealth - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
↑ CIS: State Symbols
↑ PHMC: Pennsylvania History
↑ History of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Department of State, and Great Seal of the Commonwealth
↑ The Constitution of Virginia, June 29, 1776 1(1)