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| Simpson's, so called from its proprietor, a gentleman from Boston. After his death his nephew came to take possession, and was so well pleased with the "Institution" that he abandoned the place and carried his slaves to seek more profitable employment in Alabama. The place has frequently changed hands. On this place was one of the four Huguenot Churches in Carolina, but no trace of it can be seen. It must have been of considerable importance for we find that about the year 1701 the Rev. Dugue was transferred from Charleston to this place. The Santee Canal here descends by a double lock into the last reach before it meets the river, and the brick warehouses of the company present quite a picturesque appearance standing as they do on the margin of the broad basin which it was hoped would be the port of a flourishing town. |
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