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1680
On this site, stood the place of arms or guar-post of the early colonists of South Carolina.
1718
Here were imprisoned Stede Bonnet and other pirates.
1767
This building was erected as an Exchange and Custom House.
1774
Taxed tea was here stored and forcibly detained and here The Provincial Congress assembled, setting up the first independent government in America.
1781
Patriotic men and women of the Revolution, during the British occupation of the city, were here incarcerated. The martyr Isaac Hayne was led hence to execution.
1791
President George Washington was here entertained by his grateful countrymen.
1899
This tablet placed by The Sons of the American Revolution in South Carolina.
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Plaque mounted on the parking lot side of the building
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