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Place 3 Clue 1: blue and gold, in the U.S., capital location
Well, according to WIKIPEDIA, states with blue and gold as their colors include Arizona, California, Louisiana, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. And obviously, those are all in the U.S. The capital location, in my opinion, probably means location of Washington D.C., but that's between Virginia and Maryland. The closest of the above would probably be West Virginia.

Mrs. Mervine is in West Virginia?