A Biographical Sketch of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Both his bad Boy novel and his lively study of Portsmouth history are readable today.
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