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ID: 7014221
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014221
Record Type:
administrative
Newport (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 41 29 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 41.4833
decimal degrees
Long: 071 18 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -71.3000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located at S end of island of Rhode Island, bridged to Jamestown; was founded by religious refugees from Massachusetts who settled at Portsmouth, but moved here after schism in that group; developed with trade of slaves, molasses & rum.
Names:
Newport
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English-P
)
............
named by founders, refers to excellent harbor (the "new port")
ניופורט
(
C
,
U
,
Hebrew
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Rhode Island
(state) (
P
)
................
Newport
(county) (
P
)
....................
Newport
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Rhode Island
(state) (
P
)
................
Newport
(county) (
P
)
....................
Rhode Island
(island) (
P
)
........................
Newport
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1639, incorporated in 1784
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
seaport (
C
)
............
was one of most flourishing ports in Colonial America
port of entry (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
............
produces electrical instruments, appliances & electronic devices, especially sonar equipment
military center (
C
)
............
for US Naval facilities
resort center (
C
)
............
became summer resort in 1860s due to temperate climate & scenic location; noted for opulent mansions of Vanderbilts & others
publishing center (
C
)
............
noted since 1727 when James Franklin (brother of Benjamin) established newspaper Newport Mercury
state capital (
H
)
............
rotated with Providence as capital until 1900
religious center (
H
)
............
founded by religious refugees in 17th cen.; was center for Portuguese Jews, synagogue founded in 1763
Sources and Contributors:
ניופורט..........
[
IMJ
]
.................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Newport..........
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
IMJ Preferred
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
8:659
.................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1988)
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS44000674
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
IMJ
,
VP
]
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 659; 8:659
..................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1988)
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS44000674
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
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