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| | Elizabeth City, NC: Pasquotank Waterfront ... |
 | | The narrows of the Pasquotank River is that location where the Pasquotank River narrows to less than one-fifth of a mile. |
 | | In 1764, a law designated ''The Narrows'' of the Pasquotank River as an inspection station for ''hemp, flax, flax seed, pork, beef, rice, flour, indigo, butter, tar, pitch, turpentine, staves, leading, lumber and shingles. |
 | | In 1793 a charter was granted by the General Assembly to form a town at the Narrows of Pasquotank River to be known as Reding. |
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