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Unique among colonial settlements, Newport, R.I. embraced the notions of religious tolerance and social service, and became one of the five largest cities in British North America. An economy built upon shipbuilding, the maritime trades, and agriculture allowed the town to grow into an important harbor where raw materials entered and finished products were exported. This 1781 chart lists the numerous places of interest in the town, including wharves, public buildings, places of worship and streets. Newport merchants increasingly smuggled goods in and out of Narragansett Bay to evade paying taxes, and this lawlessness led to the stationing of the ship Gaspee II in the Bay, to monitor the flow of goods.
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7h149z70z
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A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
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7h149z70z
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island
description
Unique among colonial settlements, Newport, R.I. embraced the notions of religious tolerance and social service, and became one of the five largest cities in British North America. An economy built upon shipbuilding, the maritime trades, and agriculture allowed the town to grow into an important harbor where raw materials entered and finished products were exported. This 1781 chart lists the numerous places of interest in the town, including wharves, public buildings, places of worship and streets. Newport merchants increasingly smuggled goods in and out of Narragansett Bay to evade paying taxes, and this lawlessness led to the stationing of the ship Gaspee II in the Bay, to monitor the flow of goods.
date
["1781"]
year
1781
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004511
creators
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Rhode Island--Newport--Early works to 1800
Newport (R.I.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Newport
Newport (county)
North and Central America
Rhode Island
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Rhode Island
county
Newport
city
Newport
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pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
J. F. W. Des Barres
Source extras
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sf268508b
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dn39z222j
schema:latitude
41.4833
schema:longitude
-71.3
extent
1 chart : hand col. ; 41 x 49 cm, on sheet 71 x 51 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures and shading.
Includes indexes to wharfs, public buildings, and streets.
Plate number "*14" engraved in small oval in the upper right margin.
From the author's Atlantic Neptune.
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no
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7h149z70z
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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dc19dd1660935618