Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Newport County, RI Events Date Type 08/06/1860 American Scientific Association closes its fourteenth annual meeting in Newport, Rhode Island Science/Technology 05/29/1866 Major-General Ambrose Everett Burnside is inaugurated as the thirtieth governor of Rhode Island. Campaigns/Elections 04/05/1865 Republicans successful in Rhode Island elections, re-electing the governor and both congressmen Campaigns/Elections 09/20/1906 Robert Roberts Hitt dies in Newport, Rhode Island Personal 08/01/1860 - 08/05/1860 The American Scientific Association meets in Newport, Rhode Island Science/Technology People Birthplace of Lomax, Lunsford Lindsay Shaw, Henry Marchmore Sherman, Thomas West Burial Place of Belmont, August Sheffield, William Paine Sherman, Thomas West Warren, Gouverneur Kemble Places Name Type State House, Newport, RI Location or Site Documents Date Title 11/10/1857 “Old Brown and his Friends,” Richmond (VA) Dispatch, November 10, 1859. 01/08/1858 Boston (MA) Liberator, "The Beauties of Personal Liberty Laws," January 8, 1858 Images Newport, Rhode Island, 1861, artist's impression State House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1861, artist's impression "Natural Effects of Sea-Bathing," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, July 27, 1867
