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John Harris Jr. (1716 – July 29 1791 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania) was a storekeeper and frontiersman who operated a ferry along the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg. John Harris Jr. is the son of John Harris Sr. who is considered the first settler to establish a trading post along the Susquehanna River at what would later become the state capital of Pennsylvania.
