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Eccentric “Pilgrim Stranger” Preached to Congress

by J. Dennis Robinson

Seacoast's Harriet Livermore Was an early female Evangelist

Read moreEccentric “Pilgrim Stranger” Preached to Congress

Collecting John Paul Jones

by J. Dennis Robinson

I have not yet begun to bid.

Read moreCollecting John Paul Jones

Going Crazy in Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

Baha'i school founder Sarah Jane Farmer isolated in local clinic

Read moreGoing Crazy in Portsmouth

Tracking Passaconaway

by J. Dennis Robinson

Indigenous leader still a mystery

Read moreTracking Passaconaway

Save the Seal, Keep the Ship

by J. Dennis Robinson

NH Legislators should study up before trashing Seacoast history

Read moreSave the Seal, Keep the Ship

The Coffins Under the Street

by J. Dennis Robinson

Did Portsmouth's "Negro Burying Ground"
fall victim to early commercial expansion?

Read moreThe Coffins Under the Street

Buried Treasure in Little Harbor?

by J. Dennis Robinson

The rumors in 1882 boosted attendance at the Wentworth Hotel nearby

Read moreBuried Treasure in Little Harbor?

The Day History Died

by J. Dennis Robinson

Hundreds of souls lost in minutes as vandals destroy Civil War glass negatives

Read moreThe Day History Died

The Miracle of Three Christmas Fires

by J. Dennis Robinson

1802, 1806, and 1813 saw the city swallowed in flame

Read moreThe Miracle of Three Christmas Fires

Inside the Comic “Carpet-Bag” of BP Shillaber

by J. Dennis Robinson

Rise and fall of the nation's first humor magazine

Read moreInside the Comic “Carpet-Bag” of BP Shillaber

The Tarnished Tale of Robert Rogers

by J. Dennis Robinson

From fierce fighter and effective commander to abandoning spouse and traitor.

Read moreThe Tarnished Tale of Robert Rogers

The Forgotten Hilarity of Henry Clay Barnabee

by J. Dennis Robinson

He was, he modestly claimed, the funniest man in the world.

Read moreThe Forgotten Hilarity of Henry Clay Barnabee
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