[Ads-l] Derivation of "Kentucky"

[sclements at NEO.RR.COM]

I think you can get it at
http://jeffersonswest.unl.edu/archive/view_doc.php?id=jef.map.00012

-sam clements
---- "Baker wrote: 
> This fascinating text is an analysis of a map of the middle British colonies.  Is that map available online anywhere?
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> John Baker
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> 1755, Aug. 9 ( preface) Geographical, Historical, Political, Philosophical and Mechanical Essays ..., Volume 3
>  By Lewis Evans ( Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall. MDCCLV. And sold by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, London, 1755 ):
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> Kentucke [note for margin--map location?] is larger than the foregoing [river], has high Clay Banks, abounds in Cane and Buffaloes...."
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> https://books.google.com/books?id=gK1bAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=louisa+river+kentucky+OR+kentuck+OR+kentucee+OR+kentucke+OR+kentuckey+OR+kentucky%27s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z6YrVbbaJI7asASCj4CgCg&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=louisa%20river%20kentucky%20OR%20kentuck%20OR%20kentucee%20OR%20kentucke%20OR%20kentuckey%20OR%20kentucky%27s&f=false
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