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J. Dennis Robinson

Launching the First USS New Hampshire in 1864

by J. Dennis Robinson

It had lain in mothballs for 50 years before the Civil War created a supply crisis

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Jesse James: From Outlaw to Make-Believe Movie Hero

by J. Dennis Robinson

Murdering rebel resurrected as sympathetic cinema protagonist

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Who Lies Under NH’s Tallest Tombstone?

by J. Dennis Robinson

Rev. Tucke was everything to the impoverished people of the Shoals and profited well in return

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A Brief Guide to Sea Serpents

by J. Dennis Robinson

They seem to show up during tourist season

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The Bold Plan to Turn Portsmouth into a National Park

by J. Dennis Robinson

Two Kittery Point men pitched a“Maritime Village” project n in 1936

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Historian Survives the Battle of San Diego Bay

by J. Dennis Robinson

Privateer Lynx and the Californian lock horns in mock combat

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How Portsmouth Attracted Tall Ships in the 80s

by J. Dennis Robinson

In 1980, Portsmouth discovered that attracting tall ships required money.

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Media Mogul Monopolized Movies in 1915

by J. Dennis Robinson

A future NH governor took control of all give downtown Portsmouth cinemas

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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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Thomas Morton Abandoned at Isles of Shoals

by J. Dennis Robinson

The last thing the Pilgrims wanted in America was religious or economic freedom for others

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Keeping Up with Thomas Jefferson

by J. Dennis Robinson

Turning saints back into humans is a righteous act.

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Daguerreotype Reveals Face of Revolutionary War Soldier

by J. Dennis Robinson

Meet George Fishley, a Portsmouth veteran of Valley Forge, who lived into the photographic era

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