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Charleston · Alexandria

Place · 1670 CE

Charleston

Also known as

Atʼaʼ Yiltʼąąʼí Ńtʼiʼí
Carolopolis
Charles Town
Charles Town
Charleston (Carolina del Sur)
Charleston i Sør-Carolina

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in countryUnited States1784 CE
birthplace ofAlbert Mackey1807 CE
birthplace of · place of death ofAlbert Simons1890 CE
birthplace of · place of death ofAlice Ravenel Huger Smith1876 CE
birthplace ofArthur Rose Sr.1921 CE

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birthplace ofChase Page1983 CE

birthplace of · place of death ofChristopher Gadsden1724 CE