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J. Dennis Robinson

Poet Foss Spoke for the Common Man

by J. Dennis Robinson

Not just a one-hit-wonder poet, but a gifted and comic poet

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Subversive “Infidel” Nathan Parker Founded Unitarian Church in NH

by J. Dennis Robinson

Here's why South Church ended up a block behind North Church in downtown Portsmouth

Read moreSubversive “Infidel” Nathan Parker Founded Unitarian Church in NH

Waging Peace in the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

A nail biting month of negotiations between Russia and Japan

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The Lost WPA Murals of Gladys Brannigan

by J. Dennis Robinson

Are the four rolled canvas murals still out there? Check your attic.

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Portsmouth Tries, Fails at Whaling

by J. Dennis Robinson

Unique research from "Heavy Weather and Hard Luck" by Kenneth Martin

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Mark Twain Loved Thomas Bailey Aldrich but Hated His Wife and Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

Nobody, Twain mused in 1908, would visit a George Washington memorial if it were located in the decrepit town of Portsmouth

Read moreMark Twain Loved Thomas Bailey Aldrich but Hated His Wife and Portsmouth

Myles Standish Speaks Out on Death of NH’s First Settler

by J. Dennis Robinson

Pilgrim enforcer breaks his silence on the disappearance of David Thompson in 1627

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The Truth about Bricks and Mortar

by J. Dennis Robinson

Mason John Wastrom says we may be hurting the buildings we're trying to save

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Inside My Media Morgue

by J. Dennis Robinson

Everybody thought we needed a new magazine, but nobody wanted to buy it

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The Perils of Privateer Andrew Sherburne

by J. Dennis Robinson

He went from supporting to whole family to rotting in an English prison camp

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of James Kennard Jr

by J. Dennis Robinson

"Yet we have never known a happier person," Rev. Peabody wrote

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Extremely Rare Diary of a New Hampshire Girl

by J. Dennis Robinson

California woman recalls early days goring up in NH seacoast in the mid-1800s

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