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From: "Lee Cornelius" <>
Subject: Re: "Canton" defination anyone?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:00:02 -0400
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I would say that it more closely reflects the position of
the 13 original US colonies. At one time they were all
pseudo-independent entities with their own laws, coinage,
etc. Even today, the real name of Switzerland translates
out to "Swiss Confederation"

Lee Cornelius

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph E. Tewksbury" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 9:14 AM
Subject: "Canton" defination anyone?


> I am unfamiliar with the Swiss term "Canton". Is there a
resource that
> explains the system that we know in the U.S. as townships,
villages, county,
> state, etc...
>
> The ancestors of Frederick Garver b:1761 were said to come
from Canton
> Berne. Is Canton an equivalent of our counties?
>
> Ralph
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