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John Harris Chapter

It was organized March 2025. John Harris was an early American businessman who emigrated from Britain to America late in the 17th century. Harris would later settle along the Susquehanna River and establish a ferry there. This ferry would eventually develop into Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which was named in his honor.

John Harris Chapter

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