When the British arrived in Newport in the winter of 1776, they went after the town's only printing press. Its owner Solomon Southwick...
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Learn about Washington University's original copy of the Declaration of Independence, which has a new home in the renovated Olin Library.
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NEWPORT, R.I. — There will be some pressing business going on Thursday morning at the Museum of Newport History at the Brick Market.
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On that historic day 243 years ago, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. But it would be weeks before the Founding Fathers would...
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Scroll over the above image to learn more about this historic document. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University). What happened on July 4,...
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One property, located in Portsmouth, sold for more than $4 million.
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The new Thomas Gallery in Olin Library at Washington University in St. Louis unveiled this week its debut exhibition — “Lasting Legacies,” a...
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Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty on Tuesday announced the sale of the 'Solomon Southwick House' at 77 Third Street in Newport,...
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PORTSMOUTH — Kristen Saloomey is in Portsmouth for a week visiting family friends. Good timing, as it turned out. On Monday, she brought her...
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PORTSMOUTH -- John Pierce, the town's police chief from 1969-1981, was a persistent man. When Carol Zinno took over as town clerk in 1984,...
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