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Beaufort Church, S.C., partially covered with ivy or cutzu, and a small cemetery with a man sitting on tomb.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0770 Author/Creator: Place Written: Beaufort, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 10.2 x 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: " Beaufort Church, S.C." Numeric notation on verso: "133."

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