'Twas The Night Before Christmas........

" AVisit From St. Nicholas "....  Yes !..the Real name.....is credited to a Newport Resident of 1850 to 1863........
......Read for the for first time in 1822 to Moore's children.....
......and written solely for them !

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...here on Catherine Street, in Newport , Rhode Island........

...the Summer Home to Clement C. Moore , for his later years only....[b. 1779...d. 7/10/63].........

...then his Retirement Home too....................[actually Built in 1850 by Moore]..

...also...his Funeral was at Trinity Church here in Newport...where he owned a Pew....# 59...

..A brilliant man;  educated, scholarly, and involved in Newport...