In an effort to simplify worship and distinguish themselves from the lavishness of the Catholic Church and Church of England, many early American religions ...

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, ...

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

This interesting pencil sketch was donated to the NHS in the 1980s by Sarah Smith. We know nothing more about it. It is beautifully ...

          �     “Commenced with moderate breezes from the No and Est & cloudy weather. At 8 AM mustered ...

It is well known that during the American Revolution the French Navy printed a journal titled the Gazette Françoise.  This was the first entirely ...