Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Nansemond” in chapter 30 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition.:

...ed a watchfire at Baltimore; thence it waked an answer at Annapolis. Crossing the Potomac near Mount Vernon, it was sent forward without a halt to Williamsburg. It traversed the Dismal Swamp to Nansemond along the route of the first emigrants to North Carolina. It moved onwards and still onwards through boundless groves of evergreen to Newbern and to Wilmington. For God's sake, forward it by nigh...
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