Соединённые Штаты Америки: различия между версиями

Первым документально подтверждённым использованием названия «Соединенные Штаты Америки» является письмо от 2 января 1776 года, написанное {{iw|[[Мойлен, Стивен|Стивеном Мойленом|en|Stephen Moylan}}]], помощником [[Вашингтон, Джордж|Джорджа Вашингтона]]. Обращаясь в письме к подполковнику {{iw|Рид, Джозеф|Джозефу Риду|en|Joseph Reed (politician)}}, Мойлен выразил пожелание нести «полные и достаточные полномочия Соединенных Штатов Америки» в Испанию для оказания помощи в революционной войне<ref>DeLear, Byron (July 4, 2013) [http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2013/0704/Who-coined-United-States-of-America-Mystery-might-have-intriguing-answer Who coined 'United States of America'? Mystery might have intriguing answer] {{oq|en|Historians have long tried to pinpoint exactly when the name 'United States of America' was first used and by whom… …This latest find comes in a letter that Stephen Moylan, Esq., wrote to Col. Joseph Reed from the Continental Army Headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., during the Siege of Boston. The two men lived with Washington in Cambridge, with Reed serving as Washington’s favorite military secretary and Moylan fulfilling the role during Reed’s absence}} ''Christian Science Monitor'' (Boston, MA).</ref><ref>Touba, Mariam (November 5, 2014) [http://blog.nyhistory.org/coined-phrase-united-states-america-may-never-guess/ Who Coined the Phrase 'United States of America'? You May Never Guess] {{oq|en|Here, on January 2, 1776, seven months before the Declaration of Independence and a week before the publication of Paine’s ''Common Sense'', Stephen Moylan, an acting secretary to General George Washington, spells it out, 'I should like vastly to go with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain' to seek foreign assistance for the cause}} ''New-York Historical Society Museum & Library''</ref><ref>Fay, John (July 15, 2016) [http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/The-forgotten-Irishman-who-named-the-United-States-of-America.html The forgotten Irishman who named the 'United States of America'] «According to the NY Historical Society, Stephen Moylan was the man responsible for the earliest documented use of the phrase „United States of America.“ But who was Stephen Moylan?» ''IrishCentral.com''</ref>.