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See also:ELIZABETH See also:CITY , a See also:town, See also:port of entry and the See also:county-seat of Pasquotank county, See also:North Carolina, U.S.A., on the Pasquotank See also:river, at the See also:head of See also:navigation, 46 m. S. by E. of See also:Norfolk, See also:Virginia. Pop. (189o) 3251; (1900) 6348 (3164 negroes); (1910) 8412. It is served by the Norfolk & See also:Southern, and the See also:Suffolk & Carolina See also:railways, and is on the See also:Dismal Swamp and See also:Albemarle & Chesapeake canals. Elizabeth City is a See also:winter See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place for hunters. It is the seat of a See also:state normal school for negroes and of the See also:Atlantic Collegiate See also:Institute, is a trucking centre, has shipyards, and has a large wholesale See also:trade in clothing, groceries and See also:general merchandise; from it are shipped considerable quantities of See also:fish, See also:cotton and See also:lumber. The town is the port of entry of the Albemarle customs See also:district, but its See also:foreign trade is unimportant. Among its manufactures are cotton goods, See also:iron, lumber, nets and twine, bricks, and carriages and wagons. The See also:oyster See also:fisheries in the vicinity are of considerable importance. Elizabeth City was settled in 1793, and was first incorporated in the same See also:year.
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