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The title of the proposed colony is spelled "Charlotiana" in some historical sources, a result of a manuscript error being repeated. Variations of the name, including "Charlottina" and "Charlotta", were revived in 1770 as suggestions for a proposed colony with different boundaries (roughly equivalent
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forbade the creation of new colonies in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Had such a colony been founded, it would have included the region lying west of the
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The Expediency of Securing our American Colonies by Settling the Country Adjoining the River Mississippi, and the Country upon the Ohio, Considered',
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The Taking of American Indian Lands in the Southeast: A History of Territorial Cessions and Forced Relocations, 1607-1840
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of 1763. The argument for the establishment of Charlotina first appeared that same year in a pamphlet entitled "
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in 1763. However, the proposal was met with little official enthusiasm, as the British government's
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was chosen instead. "Charlotina" was chosen as a name in honor of
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which was to be established in America following the end of the
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Charlotina was one of several new colonies proposed by various
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was the suggested name for a popularly proposed British
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Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library
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