Newport Historical Society, Manuscripts and Archives Collection Inventory Please note these collections are largely unprocessed. The data presented here is to aid scholar and researcher access, while formal processing is underway. For processed collections, visit the Manuscripts and Archives Collection on the NHS Online Catalog at http://j.mp/nhsarchives, or locate our finding aids on RIAMCO, Rhode Island Archives and Manuscripts Collections Online, at http://j.mp/nhsriamco. For more information about the items here or to make an appointment, please contact NHS. 440: Series Note
245: Title Statement
691: Local Subject 691: Local Subject Added Entry - Date Added Entry - Date
100: Main Entry - Personal Name
110: Main Entry - Corporate Name
300: Physical Description
500: General Note
541: Immediate Source of Acquisition
600: Subject Added Entry - 610: Subject Added Personal Name (1) Entry - Corporate Name (1)
650: Subject Lookup (1)
700: Added Entry - Personal Name (1)
Oldport Association papers, including information about the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House and the proposed merger with the Newport Historical Society, 1967-1977
1969
1979
Oldport Association
Associations
Oldport Association papers, including including Newport Restoration Foundation information and clippings, 1969
1969
1969
Oldport Association
Associations
Oldport Association papers, Friends Meeting House Committee, 1973-1976
1973
1976
Oldport Association
Associations
Schedule of busses to Point, Beach, Bellevue Avenue, etc. 1880, 1881
1880
1881
Omnibus Co.
ms
Papers of Operation Clapboard, 1965-1972, including MS 1995.34 notes, correspondence, and publicity for annual house tours, lists of shareholders, newspaper clippings, August 1970 issue of "American Home", containing article on Operation Clapboard and reaction from readers.
1965
1972
Operation Clapboard
mss
British Parliament Session Law, Reign of King George III, 1774
1774
Parliament
mss; 6 leaves, 9 pages, pp. 515-516, 417, 518519, 420, 521-522
Great Britain--History
Ship's Account Books, sales of the Brigantine Peggy's cargo from Bordeaux; also includes the accounts of the sloop Juliet, 1797.
1797
Peggy
Boxed bound ms
Log-books
Vernon, Samuel
Peggy Penelope Pinard Cattages Port of Newport Post Office
Boxed bound ms Boxed bound ms
Log-books Log-books
Pike, John
1818 1895 1820
Alphabet Index for Memorandum "O" Ship's Record, 1818 Pinard Cottages rental ledger, 1895-1907 Port of Newport, Eagle with stars, 1820 Records
2007-13-1
1907
Donor unclear. Possibly susan Watts (see letter in deed file). Possibly Mrs. genevive Mattuson (see entry in handwritten log, June 30, 1983) May 10, 1995
Gift of Lindesay Aquino ms Customs House 15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Postal service--History
Records
Post Office
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Postal service--History
Records
Post Office
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Postal service--History
Post Office
ms
Post Office
mss
4 pieces, 1764-1770
Accounts of Newport Post Office with General Post Office of America, 1755-1770
1755
Commissions of Thomas Vernon, a Postmaster Tables of posts of single letters caried by Post, 1765
1765
Changes from other Post Offices to Newport, 1772-1775
1772
1775
Post Office
ms
24 pieces
1762-1819 Account of mails received, 1841-1843 Record Book
1762 1841
1819 1843
Post Office Post Office Post Office, Newport
ms ms Boxed bound ms
8 pieces
Notes on Newspapers, 1814 Record Book of letters received, 1755-1765 Post Office Letter Book, 1755-1757 Preservation Society of Newport County, Tickets, 1979
1814 1755 1755 1979
Post Office, Newport Post Office, Newport Postal Service Preservation Society of Newport County
Boxed bound ms Boxed bound ms Boxed bound ms ms
Quaker Church Quaker Church Quaker Church Redwood Cottage
ms ms ms bound ms
81 pieces
Copy made by Edward Scott, Moderator
Epistle, testimony, etc., mostly undated. Yearly meeting, women friends, 1820-1842 Quaker Letters, one undated, 1757, 1757 Inventories of the house at the corner of Catherine and Brinley Streets and Redwood Cottage, nd
Page 197 of 220
035: Local System Control Number
1820 1757
1770
1765 1757
1842
Society for the Promotion of Knowledge, 1735
1735
Redwood Library
ms
Promisory note for the return of a book to the library, 1759
1759
Redwood Library
ms
Contains record of letters sent from Newport Post Office and the date, destination, and sums paid.
Vernon, Thomas
Postal Service--History
Postal Service--History Postal Service--History Postal Service--History
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Last updated: 4/12/2012