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Newport: Quick Facts

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Newport: The Elms
Map of Newport, R.I., c. 1900 from the 10th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island
Harrison, Peter: Redwood Library
An administration building at Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island.
Newport: Cliff Walk
Newport Harbor, on Narragansett Bay
headquarters of Noailles, Louis-Marie, vicomte de
Rose Island Lighthouse
Sherman House
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