John Paul Jones, the Ranger, and an Unhappy Piscataqua Crew
Jones brought down HMS Drake, but his real enemy was his crew
NH Woman Meets Mormon Founder Joseph Smith
Portsmouth's Charlotte Haven describes with Mormon founder in letters home to POrtsmouth
Ode to Portsmouth on Her 400th
Delivered live before a large audience that looked bewildered
Picturing the Portsmouth Bicentennial of 1823
Nostalgic for the good old British aristocracy 50 years after the Revolution
Whittier’s Anti-Slavery Ode to New Hampshire
An overly optimistic reaction to the election of John Parker Hale
A Song for the Sons of Liberty (1766)
Top tune lyrics from the New Hampshire Gazette
Science and Celia Thaxter’s Island Garden
Science and art meet at the Isles of Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore
Lady Bird Johnson Flies Through Town
As the Vietnam War raged in 1967, Ladybird bought penny candy
First Religious Newspaper was Born in NH in 1808
Elias Smith and his Herald of Gospel Liberty
Shakespeare and Me
Sometimes you have to go all the way to England to find your way back to New Hampshire
Celia Thaxter’s “A Memorable Murder” (1875)
The full, uninterrupted text, considered an early true crime masterpiece
Shards of the Past at Warner House Glass Exhibition
A lifetime of collecting donated to a Portsmouth house museum