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shield.” And while this condition lasted for a number of years following the Revolution,
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Newport would once again see better days. Thanks to its cool sea breezes and generally
healthy climate, the town was re-discovered as a resort for the emerging wealthy elite of the
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19 century. Billionaires like the Vanderbilt family built “cottages” along the seashore and
once again, Newport became an exclusive destination. Even today, tourism remains New-
port’s primary industry and one that the local population seems happy to embrace.

38 Benjamin Waterhouse quoted in Anthony Walker, The Despot’s Heel: British Occupation of the Bay, Island,
and Town, December 1776-October 1779, (Newport, RI: Seafield Press, 1996), 46.