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Hopsewee Plantation

Hopsewee Plantation

1704 –

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  • Title Hopsewee Plantation
  • Coverage 1704 –
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  • Keywords Hopsewee Plantation is best known as the birthplace and boyhood home of Thomas Lynch, Jr. (1749–1779), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Robert Hume purchased the plantation from Lynch in 1762 for £5,000. His descendants held Hopsewee until 1945,
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date March 29, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 8, 2022
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