Michele Felice Cornè

b. Island of Elba, Italy, 1752 
d. Newport, RI, July 10,1845 

Bibliography
"Died," Newport Mercury, 12 July 1845. 

"Michele Felice Corne," Newport Mercury, 3 March 1877. 

"The First Tomatoes," Newport Daily News, 29 January 1879. 

Dodge, Donald. "The Cornè House, ca. 1799-1822," Newport History: Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society. Newport Historical Society. Vol.42, Part 1, No.133 (Winter 1969). 14-21. 

Downing, Antoinette F. and Vincent J. Scully, Jr. The Architectural Heritage of Newport, Rhode Island 1640-1915. 2nd ed. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1967. 9. 

Mason, George Champlin. Reminiscences of Newport. Newport: Charles E. Hammett, Jr., 1884. 330-340. 

Peabody Museum of Salem. Michele Felice Cornè 1752-1845 - Versatile Neapolitan Peabody of Salem, Boston & Newport. Salem, MA: Peabody Museum of Salem, Summer Exhibition 1972. 

Smith, Andrew F. The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture, and Cookery. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. 

Illustrations from:

Michele Felice Cornè, Summer Exhibition, 1972, The Peabody Museum of Salem, 1972. 


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