Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Newport, R. I.” in entry randolph-edmund-jennings of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...ediately tendered his resignation. He requested that the despatch might be kept secret till he should be able to prepare his explanations, for which purpose he proposed to visit Fouchet, who was at Newport, R. I. , and about to sail for France. Fouchet gave to Randolph an explanatory letter that was very unsatisfactory. Randolph published a vindication, but it, too, was very unsatisfactory, and he retired...
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