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Almost an Alleghanian: or how N-YHS tried to change the nation’s name to the United States of Alleghania

Written by sue on January 30, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Given the New-York Historical Society’s reluctance to change so much as the hyphen in its own name (see “It Can Hyphen Here: Why the New-York Historical Society Includes a Hyphen”), it may come as a shock to learn that in 1845, N-YHS spearheaded an effort to give an entirely new name to the whole country. [...]

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