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1131. CAPITALS (State), Location of.—

The equal rights of all the inhabitants require
that the seat of government should be
as nearly central to all as may be. [68]
Bill to Remove Va. Capital. Ford ed., ii, 106.
(1776)

 
[68]

This principle has governed the selection of
nearly every State capital from 1776 to the present
time.—EDITOR.