Mary Bartlett and the American Revolution
Her doctor husband signed the Declaration from NH in this essay by Olive Tardiff
The 1892 Siege of Cedar Island
Shoaler news ripped from the pages of the Boston Globe
The Candidates at the Fair
Sam Walter Foss tackles local politicans again
They Left New England for Canada and Took Their Houses
A Canadian perspective on early migration north to Nova Scotia and beyond
Childhood Memories of the Appledore Island Hotel, Part 2
Native basket sellers, the organ grinder’s monkey, blackface music, a lost bear, board games, and life along the piazza.
Childhood Memories of the Appledore Island Hotel, Part 1
Thomas Laighton’s granddaughter recalls the end of an era
The 1832 Sea Rescue of Hartwell Walker
A family letter describes a harrowing Piscataqua boating accident that left one dead
The Day They Razed the State House
Charles Brewster was the last reporter
to set foot in the fated building
A Detailed Timeline of the Old NH State House
From the heart of NH's provincial capital to a trailer full of rotten timbers
The First Romance of Admiral Dewey
A rarely seen 1899 interview about Susan Goodwin of Portsmouth, NH
A Timeline: The Life of Celia Laighton Thaxter
Biographer Norma Mandel creates a chronology
Two Inland Noodles at the Sea
"The Farmer and the Ocean" by Will Carleton returns