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Was Esther Wake a Myth?
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According to Seawell Jones, Esther Wake was supposedly a sister-in-law to Governor Tryon for whom Wake County was named. She is also said to have influenced the decision to build a Governor's Palace in New Bern in 1766. More modern historians have disputed her existence. However, letters of several contemporaries provide firm evidence of her influence on colonial affairs.
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