He Met the Smuttynose Murderer
John Downs claimed Louis Wagner rocked his cradle on Star Island
A Biographical Sketch of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Both his bad Boy novel and his lively study of Portsmouth history are readable today.
The Candidates at the Fair
Sam Walter Foss tackles local politicans again
The Death of George Washington by Tobias Lear
Portsmouth-born secretary penned an eyewitness account
The Ballad of the Squalus
From seacoast singer-songwriter John Perrault
Poem: The Vane of the Old North Church
If weathervanes could talk by Charles Brewster
Clara Lynn’s Ranger Flag Ballad
A heartfelt patriotic poem about a quilting party that never happened