Posted Feb 21, 2013, 12:42 AM
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♒︎ Empirically Canadian
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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From the link I posted:
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The first authentic record of St. John’s is given in a letter to King Henry VIII., by John Rut, in 1527, who was at that time employed on a fishing voyage. . . .
The city of St. John’s (since 1839 St. John’s has been called a city, owing to a Protestant bishop being at that time appointed—it is not incorporated) . . .
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http://www.electriccanadian.com/hist.../chapter03.htm
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