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North Carolina was not a territory. And why does Virgina include Kentucky? Cameron Nedland 17:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, North Carolina was not a territory, but an independent nation at election time. This is a flaw in the map which was obtained from the public domain National Atlas of the United States. Rhode Island was also independent at the time, and both should be blank in the map. Want to update the map?

Virginia includes Kentucky, because Kentucky was part of Virginia until Kentucky achieved statehood in 1792. (Maine was similarly part of Massachusetts until 1820.)

— DLJessup (talk) 18:24, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I have updated the map myself, but I'm not exactly happy with the results: the map has become more washed out. If anyone would like to take a try and do a better job, please be my guest.

— DLJessup (talk) 18:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)