A good short description of the Lost State of Franklin
can be found at:

http://farad.xtn.net/virtual/mainmenu/jcmpo/Funstuff/franklin.html

  - Randy Jones

--- Netti Schreiner-Yantis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The story about the State of Franklin is indeed
> interesting.
> If anyone wants to know more about it, there have
> been
> two books written on it:
>
> 1. Williams, Samuel Cole.  History of the Lost State
> of
> Franklin. Rev. ed.  Philadelphia, 1974.  378 pp.
> [F436.W722 1974]  Reprint of earlier editions of
> 1924
> and 1933 - same call #.
>
> 2. Gerson, Noel Bertram.  Franklin, America's "lost
> state".  New York, 1968.  167 pp. [F436.G4 1968]
>
> Netti Schreiner-Yantis
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 10:38 AM
> Subject: Interesting article
>
>
> Did anyone out there know this? I sure did not.
> Lloyd L. Hite
>
>
>                Until
> 1796, the United States featured a state called
> Franklin. Today
> it is known as Tennessee. For more, visit
> http://www.absolutetrivia.com/History/
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