Newport, Rhode Island, 1780 – Antique Wall Map
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Description
This rare antique map captures Newport, Rhode Island, 1780 in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Newport, Rhode Island, 1780
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Newport, Rhode Island, in 1780 was a seaport whose prewar commerce had not recovered, and the map's rows of wharves and merchant houses reflected a trade that had shrunk since the 1760s. Aaron Lopez, one of the town's leading shipping merchants, had moved his business to Leicester, Massachusetts, in 1773, and other families had left as the Revolution tightened its grip on the port. Ezra Stiles, the Congregational minister, had departed for the mainland in 1776 when the British took the town, and his congregation was scattered. Residents knew the harbor as a place of idle docks and fewer neighbors, even as the steeples, the wood-frame and brick houses, and the Touro Synagogue still stood along the streets.
| Created / published | 1780 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Rhode Island |
| Original scan | 3,540 × 1,770 px · prints to 12 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | RI-Newport 1780b |
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