Found: Battle of Rhode Island Retreat Order

June 6, 2013

On 28 August 1778 General Sullivan ordered the American forces on Aquidneck Island to retreat to the north and hold positions at Butt’s Hill, ...

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Found: Aaron Lopez Account Books

June 6, 2013

Laura Parrish, Associate Librarian at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware, contacted the Newport Historical Society to help authenticate a suspected Aaron Lopez ...

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History Bytes: Graduations

June 4, 2013

High school proms and graduations are in full swing and white stretch limousines are buzzing around town. In 1873 The Newport High School held ...

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