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37299
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Article about eating herrings and early history of the river. The tornado of Feb. 15, 1903 that sunk the Steamboat Olive is mentioned.
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38996
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John Pory, a native of England, was educated at Cambridge College and was a newsletter writer. Pory worked with Richard Hakluyt in the preparation of ‘The Voyages…of the English Nation’ and published his own ‘Geographical Historie of Africa’ in 1600. He served in the British Parliament from 1605-1611, was secretary of the Virginia Colony from 1619-1621 and served as speaker of the first American legislature. Pory explored the Chowan River area of North Carolina in 1622 and wrote glowing of it.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 26 Issue No. 3, July 2017,
p74-75
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