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Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island

Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island

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Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island.

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

  • 2004 - City website online (approximate date).[36]
  • 2010 - Population: 24,672.
  • 2012 - October: Hurricane Sandy storm surge washes away large sections of the Cliff Walk[37]
  • 2014 - June: The Cliff Walk reopens after restoration following 2012's storm damage by Hurricane Sandy[38]
  • 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.[39] Newport mansions are closed.[40]
  • 2022 - March: A 20-foot section of the Ciff Walk collapses near Narragansett Avenue and Webster Street and is closed[41]

See also

References

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    Morse 1797.
  2. [2]
    Sanford 1887.
  3. [3]
    Britannica 1884.
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    Godfrey 1951.
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    Federal Writers' Project 1937: "Newport"
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    Denison 1879.
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    Landeck, Katie (12 February 2024). "How did Black people immigrate to RI? And why did they settle mostly in Providence?". The Providence Journal. USA Today network. p. 15A. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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    Bayles 1888.
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    Rhode Island Historical Society 1915.
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    George C. Mason (1891), Annals of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, R.I: Redwood Library, OL 13993479M
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    "History of the NHS". Newport Historical Society. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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    "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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    Britannica 1910.
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    George Adams (1856), Rhode Island Register, Providence: Gladding & Brother, OCLC 5628226, OL 20623769M
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    Carl Bridenbaugh (1971), Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776, London: Oxford University Press, OL 16383796M
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    Bruce M. Bigelow (1931). "Aaron Lopez: Colonial Merchant of Newport". New England Quarterly. 4 (4): 757–776. doi:10.2307/359587. JSTOR 359587.. Virginia Bever Platt (1975). "'And Don't Forget the Guinea Voyage': The Slave Trade of Aaron Lopez of Newport". William and Mary Quarterly. 32 (4): 601–618. doi:10.2307/1919556. JSTOR 1919556.
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    Jesse Lemisch (July 1968). "Jack Tar in the Streets: Merchant Seamen in the Politics of Revolutionary America". William and Mary Quarterly. 25 (3): 371–407. doi:10.2307/1921773. JSTOR 1921773.
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    Mercantile Illustrating Co. 1890.
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    "The origins of the American Civil Rights Movement began right here in Rhode Island..." Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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    Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
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    Greene 1865.
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    "Hammond Collection". New York Society Library. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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    Dix 1852.
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    Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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    Parsons 1892.
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    Services at the dedication of the school house erected by the Trustees of the Long Wharf, May 20th, 1863, Newport: Printed by Pratt and Messer, 1863, OL 7021414M
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    Rhode Island State Archives. "(Newport)". State Archives Catalog. State of Rhode Island. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
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    Stephen Van Dulken (2001). Inventing the 19th Century: 100 Inventions that Shaped the Victorian Age. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-8810-3.
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    "Library History - Newport Public Library". 16 January 2019.
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    Annual report of the Railroad Commissioner, for ... 1897, Providence, RI, 1898, OCLC 2381452, OL 20509117M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    "Bicycle Riders at Newport". The New York Times. 31 May 1880. p. 1. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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    Frank G. Harris (1885), History of the Re-union of the Sons and Daughters of Newport, R.I., July 4th, 1884, Newport: Davis & Pitman, printers, OCLC 5837728, OL 7013504M
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    Civic League of Newport (1906), Bulletin
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    American Art Annual. 1917.
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    "Seamen's Church Institute". Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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    "City of Newport Home Page". Archived from the original on 2004-01-27 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
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    Flynn, Sean (6 November 2012). "Sandy: The Aftermath The damage is done Repairs to the Cliff Walk will cost the city about $2 million". NewportRI.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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    Burns, Frances (25 June 2015). "Tourists can once again traverse the Hurricane Sandy-damaged Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I." UPI. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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    Miller, G. Wayne (16 March 2020). "Raimondo shutting dine-in restaurants, bars for 2 weeks; 'community spread' of virus now seen in R.I." The Providence Journal. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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    Gomersall, Jacqui (15 March 2020). "Newport mansions closing to visitors on Monday". WPRI-12. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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    Barrett, Scott (3 March 2022). "'I'm not convinced it's done yet': Section of Cliff Walk in Newport closed after collapse". Newport Daily News. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

Bibliography

Published in the 18th-19th century
  • Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Newport", American Gazetteer, Boston: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
  • John Dix (1852), A hand-book of Newport, and Rhode Island, Newport: C. E. Hammett, Jr., OL 14010810M
  • George C. Mason (1854), Newport Illustrated, New York: D. Appleton & Co., OCLC 2000062, OL 271691M
  • Records of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, A.C. Greene and Brothers, 1865, OCLC 83697440, OL 20490388M
  • Frederic Denison (1879), "Newport", The past and the present: Narragansett, sea and shore, Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid
  • Joseph Sabin, ed. (1881). "Newport, R.I.". Bibliotheca Americana. Vol. 13. New York. OCLC 13972268.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Newport villa owners' summer visitors' and residents' guide to the reliable business interests of the city, Boston: W. G. Morrison & Co., 1883, OL 14030637M
  • Haut ton Newport, per se: one Athens, one Rome, one London, and one Newport, Providence, R.I.: Frazier & Whiting, 1884, OL 24240041M
  • "Newport (Rhode Island)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (9th ed.). 1884.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Newport Household Directory, Providence: Sanford Publishing Co., 1887, OL 23742750M
  • Richard M. Bayles, ed. (1888), History of Newport County, Rhode Island, New York: L. E. Preston & Co., OCLC 2093778, OL 6927312M
  • Newport and its points of interest, New York: Mercantile Illustrating Co., 1890, OCLC 16889491, OL 13522970M
  • Clarence Stanhope (1891), In and around Newport. 1891, Providence: Press of the Ryder & Dearth Co., OL 14014415M
  • "City of Newport". Industries and wealth of the principal points in Rhode Island. NY: Parsons. 1892.
  • Clarence Stanhope (1892), In and around Newport. 1892, Newport: Daily News job print, OL 14014416M
  • Scenic views of Newport, Fall River, Mass: E.P. Charlton, 1900, OL 14041099M
Published in the 20th century

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