Newport, Rhode Island, USA
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Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Naval Station Newport, housing the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States Navy training center. The city is the seat of Newport County. Newport was known for being one of the "Summer White Houses" during the administration of President John F. Kennedy, and is the location of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.wikipedia
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
The Walk on the Cliff
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Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Newport, from the Bay
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Newport, Rhode Island, USA
The Drive
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
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Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.)
Commodore Perry's Statue and the "Old Mill"
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
On the Beach
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Old Fort Dumpling
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Ferry House and Opera House, from the Mall, Newport, R.I.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Breakers, Newport, R. I.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Newport, R. I. Lovers Lane.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
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Cliff View - "The Breakers" and "Ochre Court". Newport, R. I.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Naval Apprentices Parade
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Bathing Casino, Newport Beach, Newport, R.I.
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
History / News
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1678 - The first traffic law was created in 1678, when authorities banned galloping horses on local streets in Newport.
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Colonial Newport: An American Experiment
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Colonial Newport: An American Experiment (www.youtube.com)
1732 - First Newspaper in Rhode Island
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The first [newspaper] in Rhode Island was "The Rhode Island Gazette," printed at Newport in...Read MORE...
1762 - August 22 - 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercuryhistoryorb.com
August 22, 1762
1774 - The first circus in the United States was in Newport.
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1778 - August 8 - French and American forces besiege Newport, RI
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1780 - July 11 - French troops arrive at Newport, RI, to aid the American cause
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1819 - Newport
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1828 - St. Mary's, Rhode Island's oldest Roman Catholic parish was founded in 1828 in Newport.
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1876 - Masonic Temple?Two Newport, Rhode Island, antiquaries have been working away at the Old Stone null in hopes of...Read MORE...
1877 - MusingsAn old lady at Newport, Rhode Island, talking of old times, told the following of a former belle of ...Read MORE...
1895 - The Breakers, Cornelius Vanderbilt's Newport mansion, completed
1903 - SEAMAN LOSES LIFE DURING YACHT RACES - EMMENSE WAVES SWEEP HIM FROM THE COLUMBIA.RELIANCE BREAKS A RECORD
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1904 - Judge Darius Baker imposed the first jail sentence for speeding in an automobile on August 28, 1904 in Newport.
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1906
Newport, a city, port of entry, and fashionable watering-place of 11 node Island, capital of...Read MORE...
Newport, a city, port of entry, and fashionable watering-place of 11 node Island, capital of...Read MORE...
1910 - OVERTURNED CAR TRAPS 11. ONE WOMAN SEVERELY HURT; OTHERS FAINT IN NEWPORT TROLLEY ACCIDENT.Special to The New York Times.
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1930 - America's Cup Yacht Race held off Newport
1943 - MORNING FIRE DAMAGES SHERMAN BUILDING - Blaze Believed To Have Started From Flue - Firemen in Hour and a Half Battle in Structure That Houses Daily News.Fire believed to have started early Monday from a defective exhaust flue in the Sherman building...Read MORE...
1969 - Newport Bridge opened between Jamestown and Newport
"Discover Rhode Island" EP9: Newport - Full Episode
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Ancestors Who Were Born Here
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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George LAWTON (23 September 1607 - 5 October 1693) &
Elizabeth HAZARD (bet. 1624-1630 - 8 November 1711)
married abt. 1647 |
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Henry TIMBERLAKE (1629 - bef. 1697) &
Mary UNKNOWN (abt. 1635 - 10 September 1705)
married 1653 |
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John CHAMBERLAIN (1626 - April 1667) &
Katherine CHATHAM (abt. 1630 - 1677)
married April 1663 |
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Jonathan DAVOL (aft. 1643 - ) &
Hannah AUDLEY (27 July 1643 - aft. 1709)
married abt. 1675 |
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Joseph RATHBONE (abt. 1667 - ) &
Mary MOSHER (1672 - aft. 26 December 1748 )
married 19 May 1691 |
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Jonathan TRIPP (5 October 1671 - bef. 4 December 1706) &
Martha BROWNELL (24 May 1678 - 6 July 1736)
married 22 August 1695 |
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Job ALMY (3 March 1681 - 25 January 1767) &
Bridget SANFORD (abt. 1677 - bef. 1766)
married 6 December 1705 |
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Godfrey MALBONE (18 January 1696 - 22 February 1768) &
Katherine SCOTT (1700 - 28 November 1795)
married 18 October 1719 |
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Robert? John? DUNKIN (abt. 1700 - ) &
Martha TOSH (1705 - 25 February 1795)
married 8 December 1725 |
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Thomas HAMMOND (17 August 1766 - 1 May 1803) &
Sarah SLOCUM (11 November 1772 - 15 October 1859)
married 24 September 1792 |
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Isaac GRINNELL (11 September 1815 - ) &
Mary Elizabeth COGGESHALL (28 May 1843 - 25 November 1904 )
married 1 January 1861 |
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1888 | |||
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Frederick Almy GIFFORD (12 April 1867 - 4 July 1957 ) &
Elizabeth Easton TENNANT (5 April 1866 - 27 April 1904 )
married 25 April 1888 |
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