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Synopsis
Excerpt from Rhode Island Historical Society Collections, Vol. 26
The early Newport records have suffered from the rav ages of time and war, arid our information is slim indeed. But we may infer from what little we possess that the stream of visitors grew steadily following 1730. In par ticular, the number of South Carolinians increased, and in this period it began to be fashionable as Well as beneficial for southern planters to summer on Rhode Island. About this time also Philadelphia's growing merchant aristocracy discovered the charm of Newport.
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