Abstract
French officers lived in Newport homes during their sojourn in the town in 1780-81. “A New Look at How Rochambeau Quartered His Army in Newport (1780-1781)” by Alan and Mary M. Simpson is a reprint from the 2003-2004 edition of Newport History (vols. 72-73: 90-121), regarding the French in Newport. It appears here with slight editing and an added appendix and additional images. The article was originally published in Newport History in 1983 (vol. 56, pt. 2 [Spring, 1983]: 30-67]). In their article, the Simpsons tried to puzzle out the process for quartering French officers in Newport and the precise arrangements that were made for them. Using letters, official documents, military records and focusing on two “billeting lists” that have survived, the authors made important discoveries. Their article includes an appendix that gives specific information about French officers’ housing placements in Newport. Historian Alan Simpson (1912-1998) taught history and was a dean at the University of Chicago and was named president of Vassar College where he served from 1964-1977. Alan Simpson published Puritanism in Old New England (1961), and he and his wife, Mary McQueen McEldowney Simpson (1911-2005), the co-author of this article, wrote books and articles on historical topics.
Recommended Citation
Simpson, Alan and Simpson, Mary M.
(2023)
"A New Look At How Rochambeau Quartered His Army in Newport (1780-1781),"
Newport History: Journal of the Newport Historical Society: Vol. 98:
Iss.
287, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/newporthistory/vol98/iss287/5