Last minute shopping for that special someone? In Newport in 1774, Christopher Champlin offered the latest seasonal bargains, advertising that he “sells…as low, for ...
More InfoThis January the Newport Historical Society will offer several of their most popular walking tours during the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, January 17-19, ...
More InfoThe Newport Historical Society and the Rhode Island Historical Society have teamed up to offer professional development programs geared towards public history practitioners. These ...
More InfoThe Newport Historical Society holds a world-class collection with items dating from the colonial era through the modern day. This past year the Society ...
More InfoThomas Mumford Seabury (1821-1907) was a Newport bank clerk who established a shoe and boot shop on Thames Street around 1842. He also served ...
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