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  1. 1 2 Morse 1797.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Sanford 1887.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Britannica 1884.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Godfrey 1951.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Federal Writers' Project 1937: "Newport"
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Denison 1879.
  7. 1 2 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.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bayles 1888.
  9. ↑ Rhode Island Historical Society 1915.
  10. 1 2 George C. Mason (1891), Annals of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, R.I: Redwood Library, OL   13993479M
  11. ↑ "History of the NHS". Newport Historical Society. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  12. 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Britannica 1910.
  14. ↑ George Adams (1856), Rhode Island Register, Providence: Gladding & Brother, OCLC   5628226, OL   20623769M
  15. 1 2 3 Carl Bridenbaugh (1971), Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776, London: Oxford University Press, OL   16383796M
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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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  19. ↑ "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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  23. ↑ Dix 1852.
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  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Parsons 1892.
  26. ↑ 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
  27. ↑ Rhode Island State Archives. "(Newport)". State Archives Catalog. State of Rhode Island. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  28. ↑ 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.
  29. ↑ "Library History - Newport Public Library". 16 January 2019.
  30. ↑ Annual report of the Railroad Commissioner, for ... 1897, Providence, RI, 1898, OCLC   2381452, OL   20509117M {{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  31. ↑ "Bicycle Riders at Newport". The New York Times. 31 May 1880. p. 1. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  32. ↑ 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
  33. ↑ Civic League of Newport (1906), Bulletin
  34. ↑ American Art Annual. 1917.
  35. ↑ "Seamen's Church Institute". Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  36. ↑ "City of Newport Home Page". Archived from the original on 2004-01-27 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  37. ↑ 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.
  38. ↑ 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.
  39. ↑ 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.
  40. ↑ Gomersall, Jacqui (15 March 2020). "Newport mansions closing to visitors on Monday". WPRI-12. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  41. ↑ 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.

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