BEAUFORT

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BEAUFORT ; a seaport and posttown in a district of the same name, in South Carolina, on Port Royal island, at the mouth of the Coosawhatchie; 60 miles N. E. Savannah, 72 S. W. Charleston; Ion. 80° 33/ W.; lat. 32° 31' N.; population about 1000. It is a very pleasant and healthy town, with an excellent harbor, though but little commerce. It con tains 3 churches and a seminary, which was incorporated as a college, endowed with funds amounting to 60 or $70,000, having a handsome edifice, and a library of 700 volumes, but it has hitherto assumed only the form of an academy.