Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island
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Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island.
17th century
- 1639 - William Coddington settles.{{sfn|Morse|1797}}
- 1643 - First Society of Friends established (approximate date).{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1644
- Newport becomes part of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- Name changed from Aquidneck
- United Baptist Church founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}
- 1647 - Friends' Burial Ground established.
- 1654 - Thames Street laid out.
- 1656 - Second Baptist Church established.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1663 - Easton's windmill built.{{sfn|Godfrey|1951}}
- 1673 - White Horse Tavern enlarged into a tavern.
- 1675 - Clifton Burying Ground established.
- 1677
- Jewish Cemetery dedicated.
- Stone mill in operation (approximate date).{{sfn|Godfrey|1951}}
- 1681 - Custom-house established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1690 - Town House built.{{sfn|Denison|1879}}
- 1695 - First Congregational Church established.
- 1696 — The first recorded slave ship, the "Sea Flower," arrives in Newport carrying 47 captives, 14 of whom are sold in Newport.
- 1697 - Mumford house (residence) built (approximate date).
- 1699 - Great Friends Meeting House built.
18th century
- Early 1700s — Newport becomes a major hub of the triangular slave trade
- 1703 - Fort built on Goat Island (approximate date).
- 1705 - John Stevens stonecarving shop in business.
- 1723 - July 19: Pirates hanged on Gravelly point.{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- 1726 - Trinity Church built.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1727 - James Franklin sets up printing press.{{sfn|Rhode Island Historical Society|1915}}
- 1730
- Literary and Philosophical Society organized.{{Citation |publisher = Redwood Library |location = Newport, R.I |author = George C. Mason |title = Annals of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum |date = 1891 |ol = 13993479M }}
- Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House built.{{cite web |url=http://www.newporthistorical.org/index.php/about/history-of-the-nhs/ |title=History of the NHS |publisher=Newport Historical Society |access-date=December 12, 2012}}
- White Horse Tavern in business.
- Population: 4,640.{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}
- 1732 - Rhode Island Gazette newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Rhode+Island&county=&city=Newport&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=December 12, 2012}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1733 - Organ installed in Trinity Church.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1735 - Clarke Street Meeting House built.
- 1740 - January: Snow storm.{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- 1741
- State House built.{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}{{Citation |publisher = Gladding & Brother |location=Providence |title = Rhode Island Register |author = George Adams |date = 1856 |oclc = 5628226 |ol=20623769M }}
- Artillery Company of Newport chartered.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1743 - Middletown separates from Newport.{{Citation |publisher = Oxford University Press |location = London |title = Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776 |author = Carl Bridenbaugh |date = 1971 |ol=16383796M |author-link = Carl Bridenbaugh }}
- 1746 - Almshouse built.
- 1747 - Redwood Library established.{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}
- 1749 - Lighthouse built.
- 1750 - Fire company organized.{{sfn|Denison|1879}}
- 1752
- Marine society established.{{sfn|Morse|1797}}
- Hunter's Dispensary in business.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}
- 1755 - Aaron Lopez (merchant) in business.{{cite journal |title=Aaron Lopez: Colonial Merchant of Newport |author= Bruce M. Bigelow |journal= New England Quarterly |volume= 4 |issue= 4 |pages= 757–776 |year= 1931 |jstor=359587 |doi= 10.2307/359587 }}. {{cite journal |title='And Don't Forget the Guinea Voyage': The Slave Trade of Aaron Lopez of Newport |author= Virginia Bever Platt |journal= William and Mary Quarterly |volume= 32 |issue= 4 |pages= 601–618 |year=1975 |jstor=1919556 |doi= 10.2307/1919556 }}
- 1758 - Newport Mercury newspaper begins publication.
- 1760 - Francis Malbone House and John Tillinghast House built.
- 1761
- Jewish Club organized.
- Douglass travelling theatre troupe performs.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1762 - Brick Market built.
- 1763 - Touro Synagogue{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}{{sfn|Britannica|1884}} and Granary built.{{sfn|Denison|1879}}
- 1764 - Shots fired at HMS St John.
- 1765
- June: Demonstration against impressment.{{cite journal |title=Jack Tar in the Streets: Merchant Seamen in the Politics of Revolutionary America |author= Jesse Lemisch |journal= William and Mary Quarterly |volume= 25 |issue= 3 |pages= 371–407 |date=July 1968 |jstor=1921773 |doi= 10.2307/1921773 }}
- August 27: Protest against Stamp Act.
- 1774 - Population: 9,209.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1776
- December 8: British occupation begins.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}
- Population: 5,229.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1778
- August 29: Battle of Rhode Island
- December: Snow storm.{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- 1779 - October 25: British occupation ends.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}
- 1780
- July 12: French troops arrive.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- Charles Feke apothecary in business.{{sfn|Mercantile Illustrating Co.|1890}}
- Clarke Cooke House built.
- Free African Union Society founded{{cite web|title=The origins of the American Civil Rights Movement began right here in Rhode Island...|url=https://riblackheritagesociety.wildapricot.org/|website=Rhode Island Black Heritage Society|access-date=20 December 2017}}
- 1781
- March 6: George Washington visits Rochambeau in Newport.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- French troops depart.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1784
- City incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- George Hazard becomes mayor.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- Goat Island sold to U.S. military.
- 1787 - Town government resumes.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1788 - Brissot de Warville finds "houses falling to ruin and grass growing in the public square" and Population: "less than 6000".{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}
- 1790
- August 17: George Washington visits Newport.{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- Population: 6,716.{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=US Census Bureau }}
- 1792 - Newport Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers incorporated.{{sfn|Greene|1865}}
- 1799
- Fort Adams built.
- Yellow fever epidemic.{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
19th century
- 1803 - Newport National Bank incorporated.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1805 - First Methodist Episcopal Church established.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1810 - Spencer's variety store in business.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1811
- Hammond's Circulating Library in business.{{cite web |url=http://www.nysoclib.org/collections/hammond/index.html |title=Hammond Collection |publisher=New York Society Library |access-date=December 12, 2012}}
- Samuel Whitehorne House built.
- 1814 - Sherman & Co. grocers in business.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1815 - September 23: Gale.{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- 1819
- Newport Asylum built on Coasters' Harbor Island.{{sfn|Dix|1852}}
- Savings Bank of Newport incorporated.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1823 - Newport Harbor Lighthouse built.
- 1828 - Mechanics' Library established.
- 1831 - Newport Steam Factory built.
- 1832 - Cozzens carpet shop in business.{{sfn|Parsons|1892}}
- 1833 - June 19: Andrew Jackson visits Newport.{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- 1834 - Zion Episcopal Church built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1835
- Davis' Family Bakery in business.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- Perry Cotton Mill built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1837 - Coddington cotton mill built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1838 - Armory built.
- 1839 - Kingscote (mansion) built.
- 1845
- Ocean House hotel in business.{{sfn|Parsons|1892}}
- Old Colony Railroad begins
- 1846
- The Newport Daily News begins publication.
- First Baptist Church building{{sfn|Sanford|1887}} and Van Zandt house constructed.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1847
- Central Baptist Chursh established.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- Hazard grocery and Langley & Bennett in business.{{sfn|Parsons|1892}}
- 1851 - Beechwood (mansion) built.
- 1852
- Street lighting by gas lamp begins (approximate date).{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- Chateau-sur-Mer (residence) built.
- St. Mary's Church completed.
- 1853
- City incorporated again.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- Robert B. Cranston becomes mayor.
- Church of the Holy Name of Mary built.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1854
- Newport Historical Society and Newport Reading Room founded.
- Sisters of Mercy convent built.
- Lighthouse commissioned on Lime Rock.
- 1855 - Touro Park established.{{sfn|Godfrey|1951}}
- 1857 - United Congregational Church built.
- 1859 - August 23: Reunion of the Sons and Daughters of Newport.{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- 1860 - Chepstow (mansion) built.
- 1861 - Kaull & Anthony grocers in business.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1862 - Nason upholstery in business.{{sfn|Parsons|1892}}
- 1863 - School house built on Willow Street.{{Citation |publisher = Printed by Pratt and Messer |location = Newport |title = Services at the dedication of the school house erected by the Trustees of the Long Wharf, May 20th, 1863 |date = 1863 |ol = 7021414M }}
- 1864
- Old Colony and Newport Railway begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- Shiloh Baptist Church organized.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- 1865
- Newport Free Library and Reading Room established, first public library in Rhode Island.
- Young Men's Christian Organization formed with the goal to gather books for a library.
- Newport Light Infantry formed.{{sfn|Denison|1879}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.ri.gov/archon/index.php?p=core%2Fsearch&q=newport&content=1 |title=(Newport) |work=State Archives Catalog |access-date=September 30, 2015 |author=Rhode Island State Archives |publisher= State of Rhode Island }}
- Scott grocery in business.{{sfn|Parsons|1892}}
- 1866 - Atlantic House roller skating rink opens.{{cite book|author=Stephen Van Dulken|title=Inventing the 19th Century: 100 Inventions that Shaped the Victorian Age|year=2001|publisher=New York University Press|isbn=978-0-8147-8810-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/inventing19thcen00vand}}
- 1867
- Young Men's Christian Organization disbanded.
- Newport Free Library and Reading Room Incorporated.{{cite web |url= http://www.princeton.edu/~davpro/databases/index.html |title=American Libraries before 1876 |author= Davies Project |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=December 12, 2012}}
- Frasch confectionery in business.{{sfn|Parsons|1892}}
- Opera house established.{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}
- 1869
- People's Library Incorporated
- U.S. Naval Torpedo Station established on Goat Island.
- August: Ulysses S. Grant visits Newport.{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- 1870
- Rose Island Light built.
- The People's Free Library, later the Newport Public Library opens at its new location on Thames Street on May 4 completing the merger with the Newport Free Library and Reading Room.{{cite web | url=https://newportlibraryri.org/about/library-history/ | title=Library History - Newport Public Library | date=16 January 2019 }}
- Newport & Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company organized.{{Citation |date = 1898 |oclc = 2381452 |title = Annual report of the Railroad Commissioner, for ... 1897 |location=Providence, RI |ol = 20509117M}}
- Population - 12,521.{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}
- 1871 - Newport Manufacturing Company mill built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1873
- Newport Hospital opens.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- Rogers High School founded.
- 1874 - Ward's Circulating Library in business.
- 1875 - Population: 14,028.{{sfn|Denison|1879}}
- 1876 - International Polo Cup match held.
- 1878
- Young Men's Christian Association re-organized.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- King & McLeod (dry goods) and Marshall & Flynn (printer) in business.{{sfn|Parsons|1892}}
- 1880
- Channing Memorial Church{{sfn|Sanford|1887}} and Newport Casino built.
- May 30: The League of American Wheelmen is formed in Newport{{cite news |title=Bicycle Riders at Newport |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1880/05/31/issue.html |access-date=4 May 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=31 May 1880 |page=1}}
- Population - 15,693.{{sfn|Britannica|1884}}
- 1881
- City water system authorized.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- Newport Skating Rink opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- Tennis tournament begins at Newport Casino.
- Groff pharmacy in business.{{sfn|Parsons|1892}}
- 1882
- Couzens and Bull telephone exchange in business.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- Free Chapel of St. John the Evangelist established.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- Vinland Estate built.
- 1883 - Isaac Bell House built.
- 1884
- Naval War College established.
- July 4: Reunion of the Sons and Daughters of Newport.{{Citation |publisher = Davis & Pitman, printers |location = Newport |title = History of the Re-union of the Sons and Daughters of Newport, R.I., July 4th, 1884 |author = Frank G. Harris |date = 1885 |oclc = 5837728 |ol = 7013504M }}
- 1885
- St. Joseph's Church established.{{sfn|Sanford|1887}}
- Morton Park established (approximate date).{{sfn|Bayles|1888}}
- Stone Tower restored.{{sfn|Godfrey|1951}}
- 1888 - Carr bookseller and Hass florist in business.{{sfn|Parsons|1892}}
- 1889 - Electric trolley begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1890's - Bailey's Beach founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1891 - Rockhurst (residence) built.
- 1892 - Marble House, Ochre Court, and Rough Point built.
- 1893
- Newport Country Club established.
- Old Colony Railroad stops operations.
- 1894 - Belcourt Castle (residence) built.
- 1895 - National Open Golf Championship held at Newport Country Club.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- The Breakers (residence) built.
- 1896 - St. George's School established near Newport.
- 1898 - Vernon Court (residence) built.
- 1899 - September 7: Automobile parade.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1900 - Rhode Island state capital relocates to Providence.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
20th century
- 1901
- The Elms (residence) built.
- TJ Brown in business.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
- 1902 - Newport Historical Society Museum building{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}} and Oelrichs House constructed.
- 1905
- Civic League formed.{{citation |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008700772 |title=Bulletin |author=Civic League of Newport |year=1906 }}
- Population: 25,039.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1908 - Cardines Field baseball stadium is opened.
- 1910 - Population: 27,149.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1912 - Art Association of Newport organized.{{cite book |title=American Art Annual |year=1917 }}
- 1915 - Miramar (mansion) built.
- 1919
- Seamen's Church Institute founded.{{cite web |url=http://seamensnewport.org/about-contact |title=Seamen's Church Institute |access-date=December 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220063323/http://seamensnewport.org/about-contact |archive-date=February 20, 2013 }}
- U.S. Navy sex scandal.
- 1923 - Rhode Island Route 114 designated.
- 1925
- Seaview Terrace (residence) built.
- March 25: A fire destroys the third floor of City Hall; Newport's fire chief dies in the blaze{{cite web |title=100th Anniversary: Newport’s City Hall Fire of 1925 with NFD Fire Chief Humphrey J. “Harp” Donnelly IV |url=https://newporthistory.org/event/100th-anniversary-newports-city-hall-fire-of-1925-with-nfd-fire-chief-humphrey-j-harp-donnelly-iv/ |website=Newport Historical Society Events |publisher=Newport Historical Society |access-date=17 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317172622/https://newporthistory.org/event/100th-anniversary-newports-city-hall-fire-of-1925-with-nfd-fire-chief-humphrey-j-harp-donnelly-iv/ |archive-date=17 March 2025 |location=Newport, Rhode Island}}
- 1926 - Hotel Viking (hotel) opens.
- 1926 - Courthouse built on Washington Square.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1930 - America's Cup yacht race relocates to Newport.
- 1934 - Salve Regina University chartered.
- 1937 - Population: 27,612.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937 |ps=: "Newport"}}
- 1938 - September: Hurricane.
- 1942 - Naval Academy Preparatory School relocates to Newport.
- 1946 - United Baptist Church established.
- 1948 - WADK radio (1540 AM) begins broadcasting as WRJM. Call Letters changed to WADK in November 1953.
- 1950 - Naval Justice School relocates to Newport.
- 1953 - September 12: wedding of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier at St. Mary's Church.
- 1954
- Newport Jazz Festival begins.
- Tennis Hall of Fame established.
- 1958 - President Eisenhower establishes his summer White House at the Fort Adams Commandants House.{{cite web |title=Eisenhower House at Fort Adams State Park |url=https://riparks.ri.gov/parks/eisenhower-house-fort-adams-state-park |website=Rhode Island State Parks |publisher=State of Rhode Island |access-date=30 December 2024}}{{cite web |title=American History TV: Eisenhower House |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/american-history-tv/eisenhower-house/493210 |website=C-SPAN |publisher=C-SPAN |access-date=30 December 2024 |date=23 October 2017}}
- 1959
- Newport Folk Festival begins.
- Rovensky Park established.
- 1960 - Population: 47,049.
- 1964 - Newport State Airport (Rhode Island) in operation.
- 1965
- Fort Adams State Park established.
- Folk singer Bob Dylan performs a controversial but influential electric folk-rock concert at the Newport Folk Festival.
- 1969
- Newport Bridge opens.
- Newport Folk Festival held for the final time before a 16-year hiatus.
- 1972 - Newport Jazz Festival moves to New York City
- 1976 - Brenton Point State Park established.
- 1978 - Naval War College Museum in operation.
- 1980 - Newport Rugby Football Club (Rhode Island) formed.
- 1981 - Newport Jazz Festival re-established at Fort Adams.
- 1983
- New York Yacht Club loses the America's cup to the Royal Perth Yacht Club
- Sail Newport established
- 1985 - Newport Folk Festival re-established at Fort Adams.
- 1993 - Yacht Restoration School founded.
- 1998
- Newport International Film Festival begins.
- SVF Foundation established (livestock preservation).
- 2000 - National Museum of American Illustration opens.
21st century
- 2004 - City website online (approximate date).{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040127061349/http://www.ci.newport.ri.us/ |url= http://www.ci.newport.ri.us/ |archive-date= 2004-01-27 |title=City of Newport Home Page |via= Internet Archive, Wayback Machine }}
- 2010 - Population: 24,672.
- 2012 - October: Hurricane Sandy storm surge washes away large sections of the Cliff Walk{{cite news|last1=Flynn|first1=Sean|title=Sandy: The Aftermath The damage is done Repairs to the Cliff Walk will cost the city about $2 million|url=http://www.newportri.com/features/the-damage-is-done/article_7a245871-18ef-56d9-89a3-2bcb4362e17d.html|access-date=3 November 2015|publisher=NewportRI.com|date=6 November 2012}}
- 2014 - June: The Cliff Walk reopens after restoration following 2012's storm damage by Hurricane Sandy{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=Frances|title=Tourists can once again traverse the Hurricane Sandy-damaged Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I.|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/06/25/Tourists-can-once-again-traverse-the-Hurricane-Sandy-damaged-Cliff-Walk-in-Newport-RI/6701403720619/|access-date=3 November 2015|agency=UPI|date=25 June 2015}}
- 2020 - March: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all dine-in restaurants, bars, movie theaters, and all gatherings of 25 or more are banned in Newport and across the state. This brings a halt to nearly all concerts, sports, and other events.{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=G. Wayne |title=Raimondo shutting dine-in restaurants, bars for 2 weeks; 'community spread' of virus now seen in R.I. |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20200316/raimondo-shutting-dine-in-restaurants-bars-for-2-weeks-rsquocommunity-spreadrsquo-of-virus-now-seen-in-ri |access-date=22 March 2020 |publisher=The Providence Journal |date=16 March 2020}} Newport mansions are closed.{{cite news |last1=Gomersall |first1=Jacqui |title=Newport mansions closing to visitors on Monday |url=https://www.wpri.com/health/coronavirus/newport-mansions-closing-to-visitors-on-monday/ |access-date=22 March 2020 |publisher=WPRI-12 |date=15 March 2020}}
- 2022 - March: A 20-foot section of the Ciff Walk collapses near Narragansett Avenue and Webster Street and is closed{{cite news |last1=Barrett |first1=Scott |title='I'm not convinced it's done yet': Section of Cliff Walk in Newport closed after collapse |url=https://www.newportri.com/story/news/local/2022/03/03/cliff-walk-newport-ri-collapses-closed-landslide/9364626002/ |access-date=15 April 2022 |publisher=Newport Daily News |date=3 March 2022}}
See also
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- {{Citation
|publisher = Mercury Pub. Co. |location = Newport, R.I |title = Historic Spots in Newport |author=Edith May Tilley |date = 1914 |oclc = 14237785
|ol = 24181775M }}
- {{Citation |publisher = Rhode Island Historical Society |location = Providence |title = Rhode Island imprints: a list of books, pamphlets, newspapers and broadsides printed at Newport, Providence, Warren, Rhode Island, between 1727 and 1800 |date = 1915
| ref = {{harvid|Rhode Island Historical Society|1915}}
|ol = 7091649M }}
- {{Citation |publisher = Gabriel Weis |location = Newport |title = A guide to Newport, Rhode Island |date = 1916
|ol = 14010639M }}
- {{Citation
|publisher = Houghton Mifflin Company |location = Boston |title = Rhode Island |author = Federal Writers' Project |series=American Guide Series
|date = 1937
|oclc = 691847
|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/rhodeislandguide00federich#page/198/mode/2up
|chapter=Newport
| ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers' Project|1937}}
|author-link = Federal Writers' Project }} + [https://archive.org/stream/rhodeislandguide00federich#page/463/mode/1up Chronology]
- {{cite journal |title=The Archaeology of the Old Stone Mill in Newport, Rhode Island |author=William S. Godfrey, Jr. |journal=American Antiquity |volume= 17 |issue=2 |pages=120–129 |date=October 1951 |jstor=277246
| ref = {{harvid|Godfrey|1951}}
|doi=10.2307/277246 |s2cid=162235189 }}
- {{cite book|editor=Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin |title= Americas |series=International Dictionary of Historic Places |year= 1995 |publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-25930-4 |chapter= Newport |page=471+ |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zTL_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA471 }}
{{refend}}
Images
Image:1730 Newport RhodeIsland NYPL.jpeg|Newport, 1730
Image:NewportRI from Pictorial Fieldbook of the Revolution ca1852.jpeg|Newport, 19th century
Image:1884 reunion Newport Rhode Island USA.png|Reunion, 1884
Image:Thames St. and A.J. Ward's, by E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm).jpg|Thames Street, 19th century
External links
{{commons category|Newport, Rhode Island}}
- [http://dp.la/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&page_size=100&q=newport+rhode+island Works related to Newport, RI], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
- {{cite web |title=Newport |work= Atlas of the Rhode Island Book Trade in the Eighteenth Century |url= http://rihs.org/atlas/results.php?town=Newport |year=2010 |publisher= Rhode Island Historical Society }}
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