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Beaufort: John A. Cuthbert House
Beaufort: John A. Cuthbert House John A. Cuthbert House (c. 1811), Beaufort, South Carolina.

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Beaufort, city, seat of Beaufort county, southern South Carolina, U.S. It is situated on Port Royal, one of the Sea Islands, and on the Intracoastal Waterway. Its harbour was first visited by Spaniards in 1521. Early settlement attempts in the area were made by French Huguenots (1562), the English (1670), and Scottish Covenanters (1684). A fort was built by the British in 1711, and the town, also founded that year, was named for Henry Somerset, 2nd duke of Beaufort (1684–1714). Beaufort was occupied by invading forces during the Revolutionary and American Civil wars. Between wars it thrived on a plantation ...(100 of 236 words)

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