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... that Cards Pond is among only three of Rhode Island's nine salt ponds that receive significant freshwater from streams or rivers?
... that Aaron Lopez was denied citizenship in Colonial Rhode Island because he was Jewish, but he later became Newport's wealthiest resident?
... that eight buildings in Newport, Rhode Island's Bellevue Avenue Historic District are designated as National Historic Landmarks, in addition to the district itself?

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