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British occupation during Revolution
Wikipedia? -
Period: to
Rochambeau and other French troops post up in Newport
Wiki? -
Prov shipping surpasses Newport's
Sterngass -
Period: to
Embargo and Nonintercourse Acts
Restricted American ships from engaging in foreign trade between the years of 1807 and 1812. The Acts were diplomatic responses by presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison designed to protect American interests and avoid war. They failed, and helped cause the War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain. -- Wikipedia -
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No new construction in Newport
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First hotel in Newport: Francis Brinley House, later the Bellevue
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The Fashionable Tour published
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Tourism picked up after new hotel
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"Quite a swarm of strangers" in Newport
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Ocean House built
Sterngass: Milestone, 300 guest CAP -
Bay State Steamboat Co.
TIME Mag article. Precursor of the Old Colony/Fall River Line (steamboat) -
Regular steamboat service from NY to Newport in 1847
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Newport: "celebrated watering place"
Weiss -
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CIVIL WAR
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Fall River RR merged with Newport and Fall River RR to make Old Colony and Newport RR
Wikipedia -
RR from Newport to Fall River completed
Old Colony RR Wikipedia -
Private summer homes surpass hotels
Weiss