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May 06, 1963 -
NEWPORT lost Block Island to WASHINGTON.
(R.I. Acts and Resolves, 1963, ch. 84, sec. 1/p. 300)
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March 01, 1862 -
May 06, 1963
NEWPORT lost to BRISTOL (Mass.) when Massachusetts and Rhode Island implemented the U.S. Supreme Court settlement (31 Dec 1861) of their boundary to the Atlantic Ocean.
(Bayles, Providence, 1:29; R.I. Acts and Resolves, 1861, ch. 379, sec. 2/p. 4; Ullman, 83-84; Van Zandt, 68)
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February 17, 1747 -
March 01, 1862
[17 February 1746/1747] NEWPORT gained from BRISTOL (Mass.) when Rhode Island implemented the 1746 royal settlement of the boundary with Massachusetts. NEWPORT included part of present Massachusetts.
(Arnold, 2:157; R.I. Recs., 5:207-209)
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June 16, 1729 -
February 17, 1747
RHODE ISLAND renamed NEWPORT.
(R.I. Recs., 4:427)
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